Finally Swimming

Lilly has finally learned to swim underwater. I enrolled her in swim lessons for two years. The last year she went she told the teacher what she was and was not going to do and at that point I just said forget it. She saw her cousins swimming and decided that she was going to swim and took off. She only swims if she can reach though and refuses to try in deeper water. When she jumps off a the diving board she has on a life jacket and a ring and determined not to go under water. (She gets this from both her grandmothers :0 ) Jackson will not swim but will go under water and stay 7-10 seconds at a time. He keeps his eyes open the whole time but he too refuses to swim and even go out in the water alone with a life jacket. I have thrown him out into the water with a life jacket on several times, but he just cries and go like lightening to the steps and then refuses to get back in the water.

Pirates

We took the children to the beach one last time before I went back to work. While there we were able to go to "The Pirate Invasion" in Beafort. It was hot and I am convinced Jonathan could have been a pirate because they were not on time. We were seated at 12:30 for a 1:00 show which didn't start until about 1:45. By this time we were all a little hot, tired, and grumpy. It was fun to see the pirates, hear the cannons, and see sword fighting. There was one pirate who was rather nice looking and we saw him on the news the next morning. Lilly said "Hey look! THere is the handsome pirate we saw yesterday." Can you guess which pirate that would be?

Christmas in August

Daddy put up our trampoline...it is pushing 20 years old. He bought a new mat for it before he was asked by the insurance company to take it down about 6 years ago. Crafty Tim painted it and the trampoline looks brand new. Lilly said it was the best day ever when she saw it and has asked daily when are we going to Gran's to jump on my new trampoline.

Family Beach Trip 2011

Lilly, Jackson, and I spent a week at the beach with Mom and Dad. Heidi, Rob, and Jonathan were able to come later in the week. We always have fun and it is truly relaxing because we all take turns taking naps with the kids. Both Lilly and Jackson loved the ocean and the pool. Lilly said we need a beach house because she didn't want to come home. (I never do!) I am blessed because Lilly really likes to spend time at the ocean and the pool. There were no kids her age that hung out at the ocean this year so she mostly played with Jackson. She would get on the boogie board and ride waves and they both had a good time just playing in the water. I don't think Mama even got in the ocean, but Daddy spent quite a bit of time with the kids in the ocean. It was hot, but there was a nice breeze where we were so it was perfect. (My camera had a hard time adjusting to the humidity so we have blurry pics) Jonathan and I took Lilly to the water slide for the first time. No pictures from that because we were busy going up and down the slide. Lilly really had a good time, I was supper sore the next day. We went fishing several times and never really caught anything. The first fish Daddy pulled up Jackson ran screaming like a girl. He sure makes me laugh. Jackson would also get naked and take a shower after going to the beach or pool. He has been doing really good potty training and would pull his pants down to pee wherever, but at least he got out of the pool. We had a great time and really didn't want to leave, but there will be next year.