Oh what do you do in the summertime...?

...you slip n' slide until you're raw and get a couple of tattoos of course!

Slip n' slides...good old fun in the backyard. I remember growing up we had a WWF slip n' slide. Did we like wrestling? Were we fans of Hulk Hogan who happened to be at the end of the slide? What do you think? It must have been the last one when my mom bought it. Regardless, we loved that slide. Wonder whatever happened to the Hulk? Well this year I bought the girls their first slip n' slide. We have used it so much the girls got grass stains that wouldn't come off for days! They got so slick and got so good at sliding, that most of the time they'd slide right off the end into the grass. And they weren't the only ones! I slid a few times with them..and it's still a blast!

My sister Laura goin' for gold! Claire kept counting "1..2..3..4..I declare a thumb war!" before running and sliding. Hmmm? I think she was a little confused...

What goes hand and hand with slip n' slides? Tattoos of course! I've been reorganizing the laundry room when I came across some Strawberry Shortcake tattoos. Why do I have Strawberry Shortcake tattoos in my laundry? Doesn't everyone happen to have a spare page of them just in case of.....a day when your kids are screaming that they're bored and there's nothing to do! So I whipped them out and we tattooed ourselves. The girls had a hoot and practiced looking tough. I said they were the Strawberry Shortcake Gang and they really liked that until they took it a bit far and started "play fighting" which of course turned into real punches. Here are some pics for your enjoyment...

I wouldn't want to meet these two in a dark alley way!!!Swiggin' back some hard stuff!