not a chance.

we used to spend days like this sipping cold beers and playing trivia.

trade those days for this smile?  not a chance! and when we got back to the 'burbs it had cooled down to 104. nice.

 car washes are a huge hit...don't need to wake up sleeping babes (who always fall asleep in the car) and this one loves them! i remember feeling the same as a kid, so love taking him. our car is still shiny new. on the outside. the inside smells like sour milk and dirty, sweaty boy stink.

these guys just need a cell phone and our car keys. ben was looking at the window because he was making the car honk. (neighbors love us)

he may have called someone.

oh the horn! i did it again, ha ha ha! 

 we had the brilliant idea of heading back to boston for a science museum visit. apparently the rest of metro boston decided it was a nice place to cool off too. thankfully for friends who live within walking distance and have an arsenal of toys.

 matt assumed these were little bellies for some reason and i did not correct him. way too funny.

 anything with buttons, or "buh buh" as we call them for the tots.

on thursday we had a "spearmint" to see which smoothie we like better: berry nice or banana cream pie. matt took it very seriously, even taking two sips at once and mixing them in his mouth.

 i think he liked berry as he told me to only give his brothers the banana one.

 this was right before the great pink smoothie spill at natick ben and jerry's. we left a few minutes later.

 and we burned them off at the natick mall playspace. yup.  

jack is fearless. he actually tried to walk down the slide like matt, faceplanted on the way down and got up running after his big brother. with his signature grin.

ben played here for 10 minutes. then i realized he was just stuck. he was smiling though!

 no shopping. at the natick collection. is like torture. but then again so is clothing shopping with these little guys. trade a fashionable wardrobe for these scenes? not a chance!