Well, we have reached beyond the half way point in our summer and boy am I a busy mama! I wanted to share some of the many things we have been up to, but I am way behind on my blogging since we have been having so much fun!! Enjoy!
Here is Connor in his swimming lessons. He is working so very hard. This boy will jump off of anything and has no fear, but doggie paddling is quite the challenge for this future line backer...
The swim instructors are very patient with him and he is so cute to watch. Just yesterday they told him to swim to the wall...he started swimming to the wall and used his height to his advantage and touched the bottom of the pool, walking to the side. The swim instructor said, "What are you doing?" Connor replied, "I am walking on the bottom..." Duh. :)
The older kids have been so great (most of the time) at cheering Connor on. Here they are watching him in his lesson.
Connor and Emmie enjoying watermelon!
Connor's sour face. He is getting more and more resistant to me taking pictures!!
Sweet and happy Lindsay Jane!!
Landon and Sophia pausing for a smile while eating the delicious pizza that we have delivered from the kitchen at the JCC. Yum and easy!
This little fellow LOVES to eat!!!
Picnic with our buddies, poolside. :)
Another favorite of my little smiler.
Connor playing with the water shooters at the JCC.
Sometimes it is so awesome just to sit and watch the way kids figure things out. :)
Landon and Sophia in their lesson. Now, this boy can tread water for 60 seconds and swim the length of the pool (earning his green band) but he does NOT like to get his head under water...so that green band will get him a ticket off the diving board but he will not go off. I even went off to try to get him to do it!!! Haven't done that in years! Hopefully by the end of our summer Landon will jump off!!
Lindsay Jane with more smiles.
And...a temper tantrum. This is just the most hilarious true to life picture. There is a thunder policy at the JCC that is for safety. It is so so hard, though, when you are their with your three little kids, one under the age of two...who does NOT understand why she cannot get into the water. We tried and tried to keep these kids entertained during the 30 minute out of the pool breaks for thunder...but as you can see, we had an unhappy camper...
Ok, here's my girl...back to her smiles. :)
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Emmie and Lindsay Jane talking about lunch.
Zachary eating...did I mention that this boy loves to eat?
Sweet Zachary. He is ALL boy and Lindsay Jane is ALL girl. It is so funny after Janise had two girls and a boy and me the opposite to be experiencing these new worlds together!
My little one, enjoying the sand.
And, enjoying her little buddy, "Zackie".
Sophia and Landon. Wow are they growing up. It is just so hard to believe.
Fun times with such special friends.
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After the babies got up, Helen engaged them in Lindsay Jane's first tea party. It was precious. I just love how gentle Lindsay Jane was with the cups and how she just poured that tea and entered into her little girl make believe. Zachary was happy to oblige in this type of play, having two older sisters. :) It was also so sweet to see the generations in these pictures...sharing a treasure of timeless joy. What a gift in so many ways.
We also had some visitors from Switzerland! Stan's best friend from middle and high school came to visit with his family. It was such a nice time with such nice people and a reminder to me of how close Stan and Cedric were. They get together and are just two peas in a pod. I loved hearing all of their memories of Cedric's time here in the US as a teenager. It was a lovely afternoon and great to see Stan with one of his dear friends from his childhood. Hopefully we will get to go visit them in Switzerland next!
There is a quick update with many more to come!! Hope you enjoyed!
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