Thursday, August 13, 2009

A leap of faith

Hey regular reader(s). Not sure anyone reads this. I've hit a break between summer and fall semesters and figured I'd better get this blog updated. The girls are growing like crazy.... both mentally and physically. Claire has outgrown her fear of water and is now half fish. She's learning airplane, soldier, chicken arm movements and kicks well. She's just short enough where she has to constantly bounce off of the floor of the pool in the shallow end to take a breath. Oddly, this is comforting for her and she'll cruise around bobbing her head making her way towards the wall.
Genevieve is also doing extremely well. She loves doing flashcards in an attempt to expand her vocabulary. She's definitely a girl who likes to figure out physical problems. Truly enjoying making towers, chasing the dogs, being chased, and eating. OMG this girl can eat.
Tracy and the girls visited the grandparents this summer, and the kids had a week long stay with Grandma J that was a hit. Claire keeps bringing up a reference to a "really old sidewalk" when talking about Grandma J.
We also had a little help here in TX with a visit from Grandpa Joe and Grandma D. I think all parties had a great time. We regularly get asked now if the produce we have is from Grandma D's garden, especially cucumbers.
Hopefully everyone has had a great summer. Hopefully Scott wasn't swept away by the recent typhoon. Take care everyone!


Monday, April 27, 2009

Toddler/preschool justice.



I turned around this morning to find Claire stamping Evie on the face with a Hello Kitty stamper... both girls giggling so hard they were having trouble standing up. I helped make it an even exchange :)

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Kayaks, fishing, and fun.

Claire and Evie are growing fast. Claire is cautiously soaking in the world. Looking for reasoning behind every move. We went out on the lake today in a kayak (and taught Claire what a palindrome is).




I truly felt Claire would be scared, but she loved it. It was a windy day on the lake, making us take water every time we faced into the wind. She loved getting wet, helping paddle, and looking at mommy and Evie "way out there" on the beach. It was a blast. We're so thankful we live in a community that has so many family friendly, free events.
Sometimes I swear I look just like my grandfather...



We also tried our luck at fishing. Claire and Evie were a great help. Unfortunately the only thing we caught was a snag on a rock and an old piece of fishing line.

It was fun either way.