Fun in the Sun

What a beautiful day to go to the beach! Here is my sister Mindy with the twins at Hayling Island by Portsbouth.
My husband told me recently that I could go to the beach with the 5 children every day in the summer....yeah right. I love the beach but I don't want to watch and rescue 5 children. I want to read and float on a tube. Also I hate the sandy mess. Its an hour and a half drive each way as well. So we may go once a week (if that) but this won't be a daily occurance. The twins loved getting soaked!
When we got home Tim ran out back and pooped in the garden. I hate potty training!!! Sorry no picture of that!

Stonehenge versus Avebury
Stonehenge gets a lot of hype but I prefer the small town of Avebury because: you don't have to pay to get in (except parking), you can get up close and personal with the rocks, the stones at Avebury are older (like 1000 years) and you can see interesting people worshipping the stones at Avebury. The gift shop is reasonably priced, there is an old creepy church there as well, a huge man made mound across the street at a white horse on the mountain! Totally better than stonehenge but advertising is everything I guess!
We went to both places today and here is stonehenge outside of the fence and my sister Mindy with the twins. (You aren't really supposed to climb on the rocks...) There are a lot less tourists there!

We've had quite a few "episodes" happen this weekend. My husband has been in charge and now he can't mock me for "not" watching the kids (the twins imparticuarly). I took all the boys to the barber on Tuesday so they can look "Smart" when school starts back up next week. On Saturday while Mindy and I were in London they found the scissors. They now have BUZZ cuts as that was the best the Barber could do to rectify the situation. It'll grow. Now its a bit easier to tell the twins apart! Tim is bald and Ben has a big bald spot in the middle of his head (barber salvaged more of his hair). Tim was a lost cause apparently. At least they are boys and they can wear hats!!! (Other episodes that happened mostly have to do with toilet training and I won't bore you with the gory details). (We will have to replace all the carpet when we leave)!