I'm back

Wow, it's been a long time since I have posted anything. Emily now has 3 Webkinz that she has to keep fed so I can't get any computer time at home. But after working on one all day it's the last thing I want to do. Summer is half over for Emily. Ben and Emily have completed their two weeks of swimming classes.

Grand-Mommy's horse, Bonnie had a surprise for us on Mother's Day. They bought Bonnie in November not knowing that she was pregnant. We kind of figured it out the week before she gave birth. The picture to the right is of Bonnie and baby (Stormy Rose) when Stormy was 10 hours old. We think we missed the birth by two hours.

Stormy is a wild baby and loves to buck and kick.

Grand-Mommy has to carry a board around to protect her from Stormy's kicks.

Snow!!

It snowed! Well, we only got 1-2 inches but it was enough for the kids to go to GranMommy's and go sledding. The snow had completely melted by the afternoon. It's supposed to be in the 60's the rest of the week so I think this was the last "snow" of the winter.

Happy Holidays

I can't believe the end of the year is almost here. Christmas is fast approaching. This year Ben is not trying to pull down the Christmas tree. Yay! We didn't need to put a fence around it. Emily only has 7 more days of school left and then she is off for 3 weeks. Lucky her.

Birthday Party

On October 13th, we celebrated Ben and Emily's birthday at Pump It Up. A place that has giant inflatable slides. Everyone seemed to have a great time, even the parents. All the kids look worn out when it was over.

Potty Training

Ben turned 2 on October 4th. Ms. Judy at his daycare said that it was time to potty train him and that I should bring in underwear this week. I asked her if she meant pullups but she said that I should bring in underwear, 5 pairs. Ok, good luck I thought. Emily wasn't potty trained until she was over 3 so I wasn't in a rush with Ben. Well, today was his first day of potty training and he wet two pairs or underwear and pooped in one pair but he peed in the potty after his nap. Yay! Not bad for the first day.

Emily went down the water slide!

After completing two weeks at Ms. Carolyn's Bubbles and Roll Emily now loves the water. We went to the YMCA yesterday and Emily went down the water slide! That is a huge accomplishment considering before her swimming classes she would not get her head wet. Now we need to work on her strokes. She is signed up for winter swim classes with Ms. Carolyn. Hopefully by next summer she will be swimming.


Emily with her head in the water.

Bubbles and Roll

Emily and Ben have been taking swimming lessons at Ms. Carolyn's Bubbles and Roll. Emily, who hates to get her face wet, has been 'swimming' with her face in the water and picked up a ring off the bottom of the pool! Ben has been swimming under water too but he doesn't like to float on his back. Both go off the diving board at the end of the lesson. Emily has to be pushed in and Ben is thrown in. If you don't know about Ms. Carolyn, she is referred to around here as the 'Swim Nazi' because of her strict discipline. It is exactly what we needed for Emily.

Emily rolling onto her back.


Ben, in the middle, waiting his turn.