3rd of July fun

Last night we were invited over to Abe and Kristen's house for dinner and fireworks. Several of our couple friends were there too and one brought a waterslide for the kids. Needless to say, Jack and Theo were THRILLED!!! They must have gone down the slide 1000 times each. I left early and saw a movie with friends but Dave stayed on and set off fireworks with everyone. Jack was all up in the action ;) Kristen is such a gracious hostess and always decorates everything wonderfully. Here is the spread of yummy food from last night :)

Fireworks and friends

Saturday night we went over to Matt and Sarah's house for dinner. The kids made their own pizzas and then Matt let the kids hold sparklers after we ate. Jack and Theo loved it! Jack especially. We think he may become obsessed with fire and fireworks :)

Sarah and I cut up old t-shirts to make these "scarves" and they turned out cute enough. Going to keep playing around with it to see what else I can fashion from old tees :)

Sensing a pattern here?

My days pretty much consist of living at the pool (at least partly). Theo is still progressing with his swim lessons. His instructor asked if he was laid back (Why, yes, what makes you ask ;)) because she really has to work hard to get him to kick his legs. Ha! He just wants to float (or sink since he isn't wearing a floatie) like he always has.

Today we went to my friend Julie's house. She has a pool and my friend Connie was there with her 2 boys (they are neighbors). The kids all had a great time and ravaged a pan of brownies that Connie made. The kids and I are all getting nice and tanned from all of this time outside :)

Baby pool buddies

Theo hangs out in the baby pool with the other swim team siblings while team practice is going on. I got him a bucket (yellow naturally) to keep him occupied and this is how he was using it this morning. I had to chuckle at him! He and the other little boy were playing Star Wars with the water sprayers :) Too funny!

Work before play

We love the relaxed pace of summer and not having any place to be before swim team practice each morning. I try and get Jack to do his phonics on the computer before we leave but sometimes that doesn't happen. This morning Jack started reading a Froggy book to Theo (that I've been reading to them for the past couple of nights) and it was so sweet. These two boys, I swear..... they melt my heart sometimes!

We have an hour to kill between when Jack's swim practice ends and Theo's swim lessons begin so I packed up some workbooks for the boys today. We're at the pool for a solid 3 hours so might as well get it knocked out :) A passing mom asked if I was a teacher. Ha ha, no, just "Tiger" mom ;) Just kidding of course. I'm not making them do anything my mom didn't make me do on my summers off. We do tons of playing and crafty things as well so don't pity poor Jack and Theo.

Theo starts to swim

Today marked the first time that Theo has even been in a pool without some type of floatation device ;) He started private swim lessons with Ms. Kirsty at the pool that Jack's swim team practices. Theo (who we joke is the only kid ever at a pool with dry hair) willingly put his face under water and held his breath with ease. He loves wearing goggles and followed directions well. He's a little too laid back with kicking right now but I'm sure he'll get there soon :) Go Theo!

Swim date

Jack's Kindergarten teacher from public school invited us over to swim in her pool this morning and we were thrilled to see her again. Her nephew was over visiting so he and Jack had fun diving and swimming together. It was like no time was lost at all with Mrs. Waldrip. We all three enjoyed the visit and now Theo is passed out from 4 solid hours of swimming (swim team this morning with Jack). You can tell Jack was tired too when I took this picture :)