Jilly Bean & Company: Fall....In July.

Mother Nature has not been smiling upon us in Minnesota these days--at least from our point of view. It is cold, and the weather prevents us from carrying on with some fun summer plans. Today, Jillian invited her friends over to have a pool party on our deck. Earlier in the week, the forecast looked good and all were excited about water play in the baby pool that Daddy so graciously inflated with his own breath. Tell me this isn't an absolutely adorable baby pool....

The weather man got on my bad side when he suddenly changed the forecast to cloudy and a high of 61--yep, 61 in July. We were sure disappointed, but the weather didn't keep 6 babies from having a lot of fun together playing indoors! I seem to have some trouble photographing mobile babies, which made for blurry blobs of children in the pictures I took. Thanks to Charie, here are a few shots from the day.

The Hostesses (Jillian still a little groggy from her morning nap--perhaps a bit surprised to find 5 babies in her house when she woke?!)

Isaac and Jayson trying out a bit of time behind bars

Jillian and Malea. Perhaps Jillian wonders why she is confined and her friend is not? Ah, the grass is always greener...

Here Jillian demonstrates how she has mastered holding a toy sans hands....simply stabilize a rubber block between your belly and the gate and you are free to climb!