Mom & Dad, remember this shirt? It fits Leo now! (for the rest of you, this shirt used to be mine)

Leo went swimming for the first time on Monday! He LOVED it!!! He wants to cuddle when you are in the pool with him. It is so cute!!!
Alaina and Leo playing. Alaina is a water baby. She does so well and isn't afraid to get her face wet. We aren't diving under water yet, but she isn't afraid to dunk herself.
I love this suit! Thank you Grammy!!!
Alaina and Leo showing off their suits before they get in the water.
Both of my kids going after their blow up toys with their mouths....
We set up this pool in front of the house on the side of the driveway. It is only 2 1/2 feet deep, but that is perfect for us now. Alaina loves it and is asking to go swimming every day. We will probably go again tonight as it is pushing 90 and humid again today. The pool is great because it really wears them out. Not to mention, I love going swimming with them! I'm really going to miss it when it gets cold. Tomorrow it will be August! It will be snowing before you know it! I don't know if I'm ready for mid-west winters yet! The summers in Texas were tough, but I think this winter may be worse....

We had such a great weekend with Grammy and Grandpa here!!! Alaina and Leo had so much fun playing! On Saturday we went to the County 4H fair. Grammy and Alaina stood in line to play the games.

Alaina walked around holding Grammy and Grandpa's hands.



And yes, Alaina wore her heals the whole time. She wouldn't put on other shoes for anything, so we let her walk in the heals that were 5 sizes too big.
Alaina and Leo had their faces painted. Leo left his alone but Alaina rubbed hers off within minutes of getting it.

Grammy played dress-up with Alaina.
How cute is this!
Again in the heals....
Leo showing off how good he is at walking.
Alaina choking Grammy!
The boys hanging out.
Leo cuddling with Grandpa.
The dog made himself at home....
Leo helped get Alaina up on Sunday morning.
Grandpa, Grammy, and Alaina.

We had such a great time! We hope you come back up again soon!

Fun Friday!

My goodness today was a busy day!! And this weekend will just get busier. Today Dave was home from work and helped me play with the kids (mine and the 2 I babysit for). We started out the day by filling up the swimming pool. Lots of fun!!! It has an eight food diameter and is about two and a half feet deep. When the kids got here we started out finger painting. Then we went swimming. Then we warmed up by swimming in the bathtub and had pizza and hot chocolate for lunch (still warming up). Then we watched a movie and had popcorn and soda. Following the movie was nap time (hurray!!) and then more swimming. We cleaned up from swimming just in time to meet Dave's parents for dinner and then go to Wal-Mart. We got home and got Alaina in bed 30 minutes late for her 8pm bedtime. Leo had some problems falling asleep so Bonnie and I took him for a walk. That put him to sleep. Tomorrow Great Grandpa and Grandma Christianson are stopping by on their way to the cities and in the afternoon/evening we are going to the fair. Grandma and Grandpa are leaving on Sunday when Dave's cousin Zach is coming to spend the night. Anyway, with all of this going on, I will surely get some good pictures, but I may not have a chance to post them until next week when things settle down again.

Without further ado...

The kids swimming.
Leo stood by and watched.

Alaina got cold and wanted to cuddle with Daddy. She also drank some of my coffee.
Alaina's finger painting:
Jasmine, Trevor, and Alaina warming up in the bath.
Grandma and Grandpa brought a cowboy hat with them for playing dress up. Leo kept it on for quite a while.

I hope that you all have a great weekend!

On a side note, Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!!!

Also, Congrats to Josh and Laura....It's a girl!!!

How strange is this?

I guess we have the desirable back yard in the neighborhood....My kids are asleep already and I looked out my back window to see 6 neighborhood kids playing out back. There are only 5 in the picture because one is off to the other side. I just wish Alaina was awake to go out and play with them. I'm half tempted to get her up.

Not actually getting her up......that would be asking for problems.....but tempted!

Golf

Ok, I know I went overboard on the pictures tonight, but I don't care. There were too many cute ones.

Here is Alaina getting ready to water our yard.



Leo in the trampoline with his bunny.
Here is a picture that I took of Leo and me that turned out better than I expected, so I'm posting it.
Alaina helped Daddy set up the tent thing to hit golf balls into.

Then here is Alaina getting ready to golf with Daddy tonight. (too cute!)
Practice swings...
Stretching!!!
Great form!

Swinging at the same time.
She hit the ball! You can see it at the bottom of the picture...
I love this picture! You can see the dirt and ball flying!

Alaina (and Dave) have really been getting into golf. It is really fun to watch!

Visitors

Last night we had Dave's cousin Zach come to visit us. He was driving through on his way home from the cities. It was great to see him again and it sounds like he is stopping again next Sunday! Also, Dave's parents are coming up next weekend and my grandparents are stopping by on their way through. It is going to be a crazy busy weekend next weekend. In the midst of it all, Dave and I are going to attempt to go on a date Saturday night. We will see how that goes.

Anyhow, the kids really enjoyed hanging out with Zach. He is really great with kids. Unfortunately in this picture, Alaina was more interested in watching Dora than smiling for the camera.
Today we played outside with the baby pool and the sprinkler. While Alaina and the kids I babysit for played in the water, I made a fort out of the trampoline for Leo so that he could be out of the sun. For the most part, he had a really great time in it. Our neighbor also brought over her 6 month old boy (only a week older than Leo) and he hung out in the trampoline as well.
After Alaina woke up from her nap and before Leo woke up from his, Alaina wanted to hold Leo. Leo slept through it all and Alaina was so good about holding him and talking softly to him. It was so cute!!!

She is going to be a good Mommy someday!

We lived in a desert for too long!

Yesterday was a gorgeous day! It was in the 80's and sunny until dinner time when we got hammered with thunderstorms. It came out of the blue. Alaina looked out of the patio door and saw it raining. She then looked at me upset and said, "Uh Oh! Daddy spilled!" My poor daughter has seen rain so few times that she assumed that because it was wet outside, someone spilled something, and of course Mommy would never spill anything (yeah right...) so it must have been Daddy. Anyhow, that had Dave and I laughing for at least 5 minutes. Alaina laughed right along with us. Now we are waiting for a nice gentle rain that we can all go out and play in. Maybe then, next time it rains, Alaina will know that it is rain and Daddy didn't spill.

Tonight I got a few pictures of Leo attempting to crawl. He now can get up on his hands and knees but either falls forward without moving his hands or tries to move a hand and looses balance. He can army crawl and log roll to get where he wants to go, but he is still trying to get the hang of the traditional crawl. He and Daddy matched today! Completely unplanned, but cute!