A violin, a water fight, and a crumbling wall

Annah got her violin today!!! We are all super excited about it! She had her second lesson, and her homework is to practice playing "Hot Cross Buns."--which is known to violinists as "2, 1, None."  As soon as we got home, she had to show Sylvia her violin. And, the second Daddy got home she had to show him too. She is thrilled.

 "Sylvia, feel this. What does it feel like? Do you know what that is?! That's horse's hair!!" Since, she loves horses so much, Annah thinks it's extra super cool that the strings on her bow are made from horse hair.

You can see the excitement, can't you?!

It was really hot today, and Daddy sprayed the kids while he was doing some watering out in the yard. They loved it and yelled, "Yahoo! This is funner! I'm soaked!" They also got out their tiny umbrellas and tried to shield themselves from the water, pretty unsuccessfully, but happily.

 Here's the mess of our den right now! We've decided not to put a window back in, but to wall it up and put in a bigger light fixture. There is one thing I've decided is good about the whole mess...We'll have to repaint the room and get rid of the ugly gray colors!!