Water Fun

Water!



Water + swings!



Water + swings + kids!



Water + swings + kids = great fun!

Labor Day

Labor Day was a while ago, but I just didn't post until now. We did school that morning and went swimming with friends in the afternoon. Here are some shots from our last trip to the pool for the summer.

Sinatra ate popcorn most of the time, but did manage to get his hair wet even though he never went further than the stairs. This shot looks like it's sideways, but the boy actually leaned that far back for the photo op.



A year ago this kid wouldn't even put a swimsuit on let alone jump into the water.

Three Week Break

Year round school has ups and downs. One down is that while everyone else is talking about hanging out at the pool all day long, I'm talking about math equations and spelling rules. But now, for three weeks (maybe four) we're on break too. We're done with our final 9 weeks of the year. Gem is officially in 4th grade and Shakespeare is in 2nd. Yea!!! I think we'll celebrate by going to a movie.

A Popsicle Day

The only requirement about popsicles in our home is that they are not eaten in our home. Here are the kids on the back porch enjoying wonderful popsicles--except Sinatra--they pawned off the green watermelon flavor that no one likes on Toddler Man. He seemed happy though.

First Day of Summer

A few days ago was the first day of summer. We try to celebrate the turning of the seasons. For fall we bake a pumpkin pie. For winter we have hot chocolate and a movie. We're still working on spring. But for summer we go out for ice cream!!! (or a slushie).



This year we went to Cook Out for fantastic shakes. I got Heath/toffee, two kids picked chocolate cherry, another chose peanut butter cup, and Jon's was the best--peanut butter fudge.

But we couldn't stop there. Next door was Krispy Kreme. The boys came out with 2 dozen donuts--because who can resist the deal when you get the second dozen so much cheaper?!

So after we sugared ourselves up we ordered pizza to top off our healthful day. So goes the first day of summer.

Ice Cream and Swimming

Summer has definitely arrived. We let the kids buy ice cream from the ice cream man and the next day we went to a pool party.


Shakespeare at the water wheels. He spent most of his day on the diving boards.


Sinatra splashing his little friend.


Gem in front of the mushroom/umbrella thing. She also spent most of the day on the diving boards. It's so nice to have two swimming. I don't have to keep up with them all the time.


This was a major breakthrough for Popcorn. He normally balks at getting in the water. The 0-entry pool was just the thing for him. At first, he just got wet up to his knees, but after I took him down the kiddie slide once he was in the water. He even started playing with a group of other boys, doing an obsticle course down the slide and under the mushroom thing and then letting a bucket dump on his head then repeating. What a wonderful pool!!!