Now that it's time for school to start and schedules to be regulated, I'm missing our long and lazy days at the pool. It's hard to believe that Independence Day was over a month ago. It was probably my favorite family holiday of the summer. I love days where the girls are content to play with their cousins and I can spend some time with my sweet sister. We read a LOT and as you can see, drank plenty of DP. This girl feels the need to pose for every picture. It's making me dread the age of thirteen even more than I already was. She also decides to boycott the water from time to time and spent plenty of the afternoon coloring bricks on the pool walkway. These girls are such sweet buddies. UNTIL they've been together for about two hours. After that, Ella will tell me that she ...
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Not So Faraway Friends
Crystal and I have been friends for as long as I can remember. Her mom and my mom were friends in high school and we grew up together. Even though we never went to the same school and often lived far away, family get togethers were always so much fun. I remember that her house was the first place I watched MTV and saw a Madonna video. I remember sliding down her carpet-covered stairs (ours were hardwood). I remember watching her dad make stained glass windows in the garage. We got in trouble once for painting in the bathroom. No one would ever have known if I hadn't gotten in on my nose. Ella, Sophie, Ava & Collin These days, Crystal lives in Auburn with her sweet family and I still live in the same little town. We keep in touch with blogs and Facebook, but finally decided it was ...
Pool Day
I don't know if you've noticed, but we've already fallen into our summer routine. It's a little different from last year, but we take FULL advantage of the weekends. We call Saturdays a "pool day". I almost laughed when SD asked me Friday night what our plan for the weekend was. Did he have to ask? We got up bright and early to get a few things done around the house and started packing our bags. Spending 8 hours at the pool with two little girls requires a lot of gear. We packed a picnic lunch, extra towels and plenty of reading material for when Sophie was napping. This girl LOVES the water. She pretty much throws herself into the water and cries when you make her get out. She quickly figured out how to balance in her swim ring and she is swimming all over the pool, deep end ...
Summertime is Here
Can I tell you how thrilled I am that summer is here? It's a little bittersweet, since it marks one year since I've been back at work. It is hard to believe that this time last year we were sleeping in and snuggling our newborn baby girl and spending every waking moment soaking up the sun. It was such a blessing to get to spend maternity leave at the pool with my girls and I'm going to have to sneak in lots of sunny weekends if this summer plans to compete. I love having a three-day weekend and we took full advantage of our time together. We spent all day Saturday, Sunday and today at my parents' pool. We grilled out, packed picnic lunches, bought floats, applied sunscreen, watched puppy dogs make laps and remembered how to swim. It took Ella all three days to gain a little confidence ...