More Swimming

We are on week three of swimming. It's nice to know what to pack and how to plan for the day every day. The weather this year certainly hasn't been as nice though. LittleL.G. enjoys playing with the water from the kiddie pool more than actually swimming in the kiddie pool.

BabySlimJim just sleeps...

But today was warm enough for LittleL.G. to really enjoy herself.

MiniM.E. always has a good time playing before her lessons and has a few friends to play with.

Even though swimming isn't as fun for LittleL.G. as for MiniM.E., she loves that we stay and play on the playground everyday. She could swing forever.

Puddles and a BBQ

Today after some crazy thunderstorms, LittleL.G. and I went for a puddle hunting walk while Daddy and MiniM.E. took a bike ride.

Then it was off to a BBQ/firepit warming party for our friends. MiniM.E. and LittleL.G. cooked their own hot dogs for the first time which made them much better for eating.

Then we lit off some fireworks we brought and did some sparklers. Highlight of the day!

Happy 4th of July!

We came to NH to celebrate with my parents this year since MiniM.E. has a day off from swim lessons today and Daddy was able to take a day off from work.

Any excuse to come hang out at my parents house where we can just send the girls out back to the pool instead of packing a bag and driving somewhere to swim. (Sometimes it's tempting to just come live here for the summer!)

There has been lots of swimming. BabySlimJim had his first pool experience. Both girls have made huge improvements in swimming in the past couple weeks. MiniM.E. can dive off the diving board and fetch diving toys from the bottom of the deep end, and LittleL.G. is making great progress towards swimming by herself.

 

 

Lots of jumping, swinging and hanging around.

 

Yesterday we found fireworks in Portsmouth, NH. The girls had a street dance party and all three kids loved the fireworks.

Tonight we were all tired from lots of long weekdays and big weekends. Originally we planned on going to the 4th fireworks here in Concord like we used to do when I was a kid, but Daddy had to go home to work tomorrow morning and we all decided it would be more fun to take late night swims and have a fire on the deck and light off some of our own fireworks. And most importantly get to bed before midnight! Happy 4th of July!

A 1st and 2nd Birthday Party

Today we went to a party for our two closest families youngest kids- a 1st and 2nd birthday party for birthdays just one day apart. 

The girls had a great time playing and BabySlimJim made the rounds between big sisters and grandparents.

This couch is always the perfect location for a group shot of our growing group of fantastic kiddos!

Swimming Lessons

This year we are back at Clifton Park taking swimming lessons. MiniM.E. made so much progress last year, we couldn't not sign up for lessons again. We even convinced a bunch of our friends to take lessons with us too.

The weather so far this week has not been as nice as last year so MiniM.E. comes back from lessons shivering and LittleL.G. gets cold really quickly in the kiddie pool, but we are looking forward to better weather for the rest of the summer.

The most exciting part of lessons this week was MiniM.E. jumping off the high dive!

We have been loving the pool time with friends to swim and play with...

and every day after lessons we eat a picnic lunch and play on the playground.

Baby Smiles!