Swim Lessons

The last two weeks have been filled with swim lesson after swim lesson.  We did a two week course Monday thru Thursday for the older two.  They did a great job.  Ryla's lessons mainly consisted of feeling comfortable in the water, blowing bubbles, and doing learning to kick and do strokes, and finally floating.  Out of 12 areas she completed 10 of them.  I was so proud of her.  

Aidan did all of the same things at level 3 but without any floaties.  He got 12 out of 12.  At the end of the lessons, I couldn't keep them out of the water.  Ryla LOVES to swim underwater and I got tons of compliments on how well she does for her age.  Aidan enjoys diving for swim toys and swimming above water.  They were doing so well that I was able to sit on the edge of the pool while they played.

Noah wasn't in lessons, so I would alternate putting him in childcare and the pool.  He usually preferred the childcare, or as he calls it "class."  Mainly because this is how he "swims" at the pool.

My trip to Spokane

I was blessed to travel back to Spokane over Memorial weekend.  I had a great time catching up with my friends.  I stayed at my friend Amanda's house and her precious family.   We had a wonderful girls night!  I got to see the family I nannied for and couldn't believe how big Jack and Holly have gotten.  Finally I got to attend Julia's wedding!  I can't believe she was once the teen who babysat for us.  She was gorgeous!!  A great trip overall!!!!!  

Mother/Daughter Date

Ryla and I got some quality time last Sunday.  Cliff and I just got a new bed and I needed to pick out some bedding.  When I told her what we were doing she was so excited.  She picked out her "special" shoes and her favorite purse.  She was so sweet with me going through the aisles and as patient as can be.  She even picked out the decorative pillow for the bedding!  We went out to eat afterwards and she was just tickled that it was just me and her.  

Lake Travis

A week and a half ago we packed up the kiddos and headed to Lake Travis for some beach time.  Our good friends the Claytons went with us.  The weather was absolutely perfect.  Kason and Aidan loved playing with the new water guns I goth them and Noah and Ryla were satisfied eating the snacks and going back and forth to the water.  It took Ryla about a half hour to warm up to the idea of being there. We finally figured out that she was scared she was going to blow away.  Once we talked that through it was all smiles.  Noah roamed around a lot and and had to be reined in a lot which was followed by several temper tantrums but it was still fun.  We look forward to heading down to the coast and enjoying a real beach soon.

T-Ball

Aidan finished his second year of t-ball a week ago.  He did great!  Cliff took on the head coaching job again and he really enjoyed his time with Aidan.  Aidan also learned a lot more this year just being a year older.  I have caught him a couple of times telling his friends how to appropriately place your bat and how to field balls.  Super cute!  Next up….swimming lessons.

Washing up for dinner?

This is how I found Ryla ten minutes after I told her to go wash up for dinner.  Took a quick pic and to timeout she went.

Mud!!

My children cannot get enough of playing in the mud.  Not my favorite thing in the entire world but it brings them so much joy.  One of the funniest things is that they don't like to throw it at one another but like to give each other mud baths.  Here they are trying to give each other optimal coating in an assembly line.