Sorry it's been such a long time since my last post (Uncle Bob!), but things have been a bit crazy.
I've been to Portland, OR to meet my brother's first baby girl. She's absolutely adorable and has the funniest, busiest legs you've ever seen on a baby! This was my first "Mommy by herself" trip that I've ever taken. It didn't start out so well (lost my keys...which I still haven't found, misplaced my purse, cried when I left the kids, etc, etc) but it improved very quickly once I got on the plane. Craig and Renata are hopelessly in love and are spoiling her rotten which is to be expected and encouraged!
The following weekend the kids and I left Daddy at home to travel to Michael's nephew's birthday party in Springdale, AR. We had a really fast but great trip. The kids were like angels on the drive, and endured beautifully not being able to watch videos. The video players we'd previously purchased weren't the highest quality and have pretty much pooped out, despite PawPaw's best efforts.
I am not sure how Adam's birthday has become such a to-do, but Matt and AJ are SPECTACULAR hosts and we had an enormously fun time connecting with Michael's extended family. This maybe our last time to be able to make this trip as Miss Samantha starts Kindergarten this fall.
I am pretty sure Samantha's favorite part of this trip was Great calling her "Catfish" and finding her under the coffee table. And Jack's favorite was Adam's Thomas Tunnel. That kid just couldn't get enough!
After visiting a gymnastics facility for Adam's party, Samantha put on the full court press for taking classes at the Little Gym. No longer able to put her off, especially since we drive past it at least three times a week when we go to the YMCA, I called and signed them up for classes. They are BOTH loving it more than I thought possible. And it's a skill set and body work that we haven't done with them so it's good for them to be exposed to something new.
And don't you worry; we haven't given up swimming twice a week. They're both doing really well. Samantha's working pretty hard on the breast-stroke which takes a TON of coordination. And Jackie-boy has just passed his float tests. I wasn't totally sure that he was ready, but his teacher seemed to think it was fine, and she was right. He did AWESOME! I was a bit nervous the first two times but did manage to remember the camera for test #2 and #3. They are the videos you see below.
For those that don't remember or don't know the float test is laid out like this: they do it three times with progressively heavier clothing, to mimic summer clothes, fall clothing and winter clothing. They can pass by either floating to the side of the pool or floating for 5 minutes.
[\end Mommy's bragging]
Tomorrow is cowboy day at school so there will be biscuits and gravy for breakfast, a small petting zoo, a horse/pony/donkey/some pack animal to ride, and tons of Texas cowboy crafts. It should be lots of fun and hopefully we'll get lots of good pics for me to share before Samantha turns six! :)
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WHEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've PERSONALLY BEEN to their pool & swim lessons & KNOW HOW WELL they BOTH can float & swim, but while watching these videos, I FIRST ARCHED MY BACK & then, kept thinking--'MOVE YOUR ARMS, Jack' & then, before the FIRST one was OVER, I was TRULY 'ROCKING in my CHAIR'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALL TRYING to help THE BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!
But, JACK DID GREAT!!!!!!!!! WAY TO GO, Bud!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And, NEW gymnastics classes sound like LOTS MORE FUN!!!!!!!!! And, Cowboy Day at school--YeeHaw!!!!!
I LOVE horses & don't have ANY IDEA WHY.......
OH, I was also THINKING that they SHOULD put ARROWS on the CEILING of the pool, so the kids would know when they're 'headed' the WRONG WAY--LENGTH-wise, at least--HA!!!!!!!! Only a Grandmother or Mother would THINK of that, huh?!!
It was TERRIFIC BEING WITH the 3 of you for Adam's BD!!!!!!!!!
Sorry about your few mishaps before/with your OR Trip--SO GLAD you got to MAKE IT, though, and hold & SEE your NEW NEICE!!!!!!!!!
I'd LOVE to see some pictures!!!!!
MUCH LOVE TO YOU ALL!!!!!!!!! RoRo
Whoa! That was quite a summary post. Big congratulations to Jack for passing the float tests. Must say I was resisting the urge to reach thru the screen and try to help him too. Especially on the initial dunk of test #3...took him a little bit to get on his back. What great peace of mind knowing they can get themselves to the edge of a pool.
I am sorry I didn't warn you. It was a bit painful on the first video (his second time to test) waiting for him to roll over. He'd prefer really to just swim...except that's a long way when you can't roll over and
breathe!
Also you can see Samanatha swim by in the first video. She's the second of the two little girls with the kick boards.
And did you notice the teacher? She's moving the water getting him to move instead of sitting still. Thank goodness!! :)
You guys sure are a busy bunch! I know it makes life fun though. That is awesome that the kids have joined Little Gym!
I couldn't ever get the first video to work, but was amazed at the 2nd one. Jackie is a superstar!!! Adam would lose his ever-loving mind if I threw him in a pool like that!
Have fun at Cowboy Day!!
Good post.
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