Poolside Popsicles

A couple days ago, the boys decided to squirt their juice boxes all over the deck after we had finished swimming and I briefly left them alone to play while I went inside to make sandwiches for lunch.  A couple hours later, while they were peacefully napping, I was dealing with a bunch of ants swarming the puddles of juice which were hard to pinpoint among all our wet pool gear and puddles.  So I'm reinforcing the "eat as many messy foods as possible outside" rule.  Especially popsicles...Oliver and Spencie are so messy when they eat these!  We ate some by the pool before before swimming this week and cleanup was pretty much nonexistent.  Notice how Owen is watching his brothers eating their treats, but has no intention of trying one for himself!