Today's outings

Mondays are usually a work day for me because for the past three years we've had Bogusia, but today was our first day without her.  She's starting some new adventures with other families and we're excited to begin our summer of fun.  Today we went to go pick up our pottery that we painted last week at As You Wish.  It turned out SO cute and the kids had such a great time.  It cost a small fortune to take 5 kids there but it was totally worth it.  Reese painted a dog all different colors, Ryan & Haley painted a peace sign jewelry box, Romelo painted a penguin, Ryder painted a small dog blue w/ brown eyes, and I panted three tiles with the kids' handprints for Father's Day (same as last year).  Here is our loot that we picked up today

 Then we headed to Bookman's to buy some new (used) books.  We have read every book in our collection multiple times and it was time for some new inventory.  We scored on some pretty good books. There was a Goodwill store next door and we had to go check it out.  That place is pretty crusty but we found some more good deals on books and a few other misc. items that we couldn't live without. (Here's the part where Cory starts calling me a hoarder :)  Total out of pocket for all the books and Goodwill finds was $20 and I am happy as a clam 
Ryder fell asleep in the car on the way home.  Reese & Ryan had some nice quiet time in the family room with their new books.  They love sitting on our new inflatable raft that has yet to make its maiden voyage in the pool.  It's been a great day and I am looking forward to more summer fun days.