They did a little sidewalk painting...
Which quickly morphed into "Let's make a river!"
After painting, we retired under the shade tree, where I spilled most of my melted orange ice pop onto my shirt and wore it around for the rest of the day. It was during this time that Jen notified me that Ruby was walking down the lane, straight for the road. What can I say? I was in the presence of my new decorating kindred spirit and guaranteed lifelong friend. I had a lot to learn! I apparently couldn't be bothered to ensure the general safety of my little people, or even to employ the fundamental etiquette that results in shirts that are not streaked with orange ice pop.
We headed out for some lightening-speed blueberry picking, but not before I bent Jen's ear regarding some of my design dilemma's for Silas' room. (Needless to say, she came through with some fantastic ideas! Stay tuned...)
Then, they left us. Something about they couldn't stay in the boonies forever, they actually had a regular life in a kinda Big city with other people who might miss them if they didn't return.