What Have We Been Up To?

The last week or so we have been swimming in the morning and taking it easy in the afternoon. Enjoying playing outside, and taking it easy.

A cute bathtime:

Lots of BabySlimJim smiles and cuddles:

LittleL.G. always being silly:

Sibling babywearing:

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A creative afternoon of sidewalk chalk painting:

BabySlimJim cuteness:

And a newfound love of Spiderman:

**Yes, this is my two year old wearing my two month old in a doll carrier, which I am fully aware is not intended for carrying actual babies. The baby was in the carrier for less than 5 minutes. The floor was covered with pillows, I was less than 6 inches away from the baby and my daughter was fully supervised and stationary for the duration.

A Relaxing Long Weekend

After swimming almost everyday for two weeks, it was time for a long weekend... to go to NH for... more swimming!

I spent a lot of time in the pool with the girls and sometimes BabySlimJim, and when I wasn't in the pool I had a fussy BabySlimJim on my hip, which made taking pictures in the pool next to impossible.

But I did get a couple cute dry photos of the weekend:

The most exciting part of the weekend for the girls were (early birthday present??) new bikes from Gram and Grumpy since MiniM.E. had outgrown her old bike and the tiny bike she started on that LittleL.G. would have used broke.

MiniM.E. is a speed racer and goes even faster on the bigger bike. LittleL.G. loves her bike and can pedal on her own, but she wants to fast like MiniM.E. and has had a few spills... 

Last Day of Swimming: Session One

On this miserable, cold Friday, MiniM.E. had her Fun Friday (a.k.a. the last day of swimming lessons which isn't really lessons because they just fool around in the pool, jump off the diving boards a lot and eat junk food).

She has made a ton of progress this session and passed her level. We are looking forward to swimming lessons: session two- especially LittleL.G. who will start parent-tot lessons.

We weren't sad to end swimming since we will be starting again next week, but all our friends only signed up for session one, and it will be sad not to have mom company during lessons and I'm sure the girls will miss their friends for playground time and picnic lunches.

Baby Love!

BabySlimJim gets toted around most of the time, to swimming and any afternoon activities and doesn't have much time for photo shoots, but the girls find plenty of time for baby cuddles.

Who could resist this face?

Happy Birthday Lunch

One of our best mom friends, who also does swim with us, celebrated her birthday today so we took her out for brunch at one of our favorite local restaurants, The Iron Roost.

Nothing better than good food and good company...

Except good food and good company followed by an impromptu dance performance.

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.