New chair

Matthew really likes sitting on stools, baskets, steps, anything that is low and easy for him to access. He also likes to sit on regular sized chairs, too, but he sometimes has trouble getting up on them and that means that he starts screaming when he can't climb onto the chair that he wants to. Anyway, for a few weeks I've wanted to get the kids a small chair to have inside the house. We have some small (and rather unsturdy) outdoor chairs for the kids which they really enjoy and I wanted something for them inside the house. So the other night Jason and I were on a "date" and went to Home Goods. We saw this little kid chair while there and considered it but went home empty handed. However, this afternoon, after seeing Matthew enjoy sitting on a basket of books, Jason said we should go get the chair. So we did and thus far, the kids love it. Matthew got to spend a lot of time on it by himself while Sam was napping and when Sam got up, the kids spent a fair amount of time fighting over it, usually with Sam winning. We knew it would be a source of contention, but figured since it had an ottoman it would maybe work out. If there are more frequently problems we'll have to go to the timer system or something like that. We'll see how it goes. Anyway, he's a pic of the kids enjoying the chair together. One of their happy moments of sharing.

We also played outside a little bit this morning and I took a few pictures of the kids. Matthew was still in his church clothes as he went from church to nap to outside, but Sam had changed into his play clothes for the day which was a very good thing as he got quite messy when we were doing some weeding and yard work. Sam was playing with a flag that we got at the Forest City parade a few weeks ago and he waved his flag, walked around and sang about being in a parade. Then it got to 90 with high humidity so we didn't spend a lot of time outside otherwise.