swimming is great...

this summer my kids both took swimming lessons with the amazing miss pam & miss kaylynn.  i would be totally understating things by saying they LOVED swimming & there teachers!  they are now both incredibly confident & capable in the water & wish they could be in the water all the time.  both of the "miss's" impacted my kids in such a positive way i can't even explain it.  we love them sooooo much!  thank you to the miss's & all of the life skills that they taught my little lovies.

{avi & her safety place}

{becks with the ring & the float}

{the kids & miss kaylynn}

{swim, swim, swim}

{gotta get to the step}

{watch out for spashes}

{& the diving board}

{good kicks!!!}

{the breath goes in better with a bigger mouth}

{i love her in those goggles}

{saying bye to the toys is always hard}

{& could you just eat up that swim cap??}

{one last jump...}

roller derby Avi & the bug atrium...

first let me start by saying, i am not dead... just super busy & a little overwhelmed.  i won't go into that right now, but i will give you a funny glimpse into the past couple of days at our house.

yesterday i was doing some painting ::: more on that to come ::: when i looked over and saw becks helping avi get decked out in his roller skating gear.  when i asked her what they were doing he simply looked at me & calmly explained that he was going to hook a rope on to the back of his power wheel john deer tractor & then avi was going to hold onto it & he was going to pull her:)  when i calmly told him that was a very terrible idea, he smiled & said..." maybe when she's 45."  i chuckled & said, "maybe:)"  after i foiled that plan, avi wasn't ready to give up.  she sported that look for a good hour.  even after becks moved on to his potato bug atrium.  as soon as i had gotten them to bed, i went right outside &  released his captives from there 'honey i blew up the garden' home & finished my painting... which my mother-in-law won't comment on.  i'm pretty sure that no news is bad news on this one.  i'll put it up for vote later in the week. 

{securing the safety devices}

{admiring how great she looks sporting super hero garb}

{she caught me with the camera & couldn't help but make the prettiest face}

{beckham collecting his captors}

{all in an hour with my kids:)}

when life gives you rain...

make a fashion statement!  lately the posts have seemed to be all about avi... becks has been a little camera shy.  anyhoo, when it rained today we were just getting ready to go to dinner but avi wanted to play in the rain before we went.  i loved the miss matchy outfit & couldn't help but grab my camera & snap a couple shots.  even though it has been super gloomy lately, avi seems to really brighten up ANY day!

 

 **check back next week & i'll be giving you these little picture scalloped picture frames i made:)

will work for food...

the kids are always wanting to help me make dinner, but my hunny is usually here & helps entertain them so that we can eat sometime that night:)  not too long ago my hunny went to a Jazz Game & i was flying solo.  what better time than to let the kids dig in & get their hands dirty... we tried to spare their clothes & use aprons:)  becks had so much fun making dinner.  he literally did everything that wasn't too dangerous.  avi was our little dish washer.  too bad when i wasn't looking she was sipping the dish water off of a spoon... eeewwwww!  when i told her that it was disgusting, she just argued with me-"no, it's not disgusting!"  needless to say, we all had a blast, even though we didn't eat until 8:30 pm:)

**not the best lighting, but priceless pictures!

{this cooking business isn't too hard}

{a watched pot DOES boil}

{don't let it burn}

{careful not to burn yourself}

{i gotta keep on top of these dishes}

{yummmm dirty dish water:)}

{easy as 1.2.3}

{you've gotta taste as you go!}

{what a silly noodle head!}

what am i gonna wear with these boots?

{boots 'n bottoms}

don't judge me for post a pic with my child's naked patutti & not having a private blog:)  but i just couldn't help it!  this is what i found this morning when i told avi "no sweetie, you can't wear your boots over your jammies."  so this little smarty pants took her jammies off, put her boots on, scooted her chair over & was on her way to picking out her outfit by the time i got to her!  what a goof!!!

tea for two...

this last week, while becks was at school, avi had a little tea party in her room.  i could help but grab my camera & snap some shots!  she is so funny while she plays pretend.  she talks in a higher voice & is so polite:)  now if i could only get her to clean up after herself!

    {just a little tea party}

  {she is such a good sharer:)}

   {aren't plastic cupcakes delicious!?!}

     {good till the last drop}

{tea parties are too much fun!}

{just the right amount of cream & sugar}

{it's my tea party & i'll throw a fit if i want to}