Too Much Fun!

What did we do this summer?  We spent the summer at Cowabunga Bay!  Thanks for the season passes, for Christmas, Grandma and Grandpa Skinny.  Once it warmed up we spent one day a week playing in the sun.  We got to share some of the fun with family and friends too. We even got Britney and Jeremy and Aunt Terri to come!  Sorry no pictures those days.  Thanks for coming with us.  It's always more fun with the ones you love.

The kids enjoyed experimenting with the underwater camera.  It's a whole new world with goggles!

We finally got Jake to go down the closed fast pink slide. (which is Emily's favorite) Once he went down we couldn't get him to stop.  We went down 5 more times in a row.  Way to go Jake! He usually hangs out in the warm pool and lazy river the majority of the time.  It's always windy, so he gets cold really fast.  Emily loved all the slides except the two big ones where she bumped her head.  Even the little kiddie slides are fun to race and play on.  We had a blast!  Fun Fun Summer

First day of school

School started on the 18th of August.  Emily is a 3rd grader and Jake is a 1st grader.  I think we need to have less fun in the summer so they will want to go back to school.  I think Jake was excited about 1st grade though. When I picked up Jake outside his classroom and asked him how it was, he said, "awesome."  That was music to my ears.  After 2 days of school Jake ended up with strep throat and missed 3 days of school.  It's going to be a rough year for him!  As for me, I feel like a new woman with both kids in school all day.  I get so much time to myself I don't know what to do?  I finished my book club book Little Women, loved it, and  Devon and I get to go on dates during the day, when he's off, and we don't have to pay the babysitter gobs of money.  I have tons more patience with the kids now and enjoy spending time with them when they come home.

swim lessons

Summer isn't complete with out swim lessons.  Emily learned the freestyle, backstroke, side stroke,and breast stroke.  The back stroke is definitely her best.  She had to swim the entire length of the pool and back which she is very proud of.  It was really tough for her but she did it, even with people making huge waves from diving board.  She is really trying to learn to dive and she is very close.  Next year is the year.

Jake passed level 3 this year.  He loves the water and doing cannon balls and "twirly wirlies"  off the diving board.  He learned the front and back stroke.