We went to a pool party this evening and the kids had a blast. Jacob is a little fish, swims everywhere, and goes down the slide continuously. Gwyn finally worked up the courage to go down the slide, and then continued to go down it over and over again. Annie has a cup of lemonade in her hand in this picture...she isn't very experienced with cups without lids on it, and it was a bit embarrassing how much she spilled everywhere. She would lean over to pick something up off the ground and basically just pour her drink out and then get upset when she didn't have anymore lemonade.
We have been spending our days in the pool. The only way to beat this Houston heat outside, is to be in the water, which we are...every...single...day. I actually think my kids may be as exhausted as me this week, ha! Annie loves the water and constantly asks to "sim" with you.
Gwyn is gaining her confidence, she likes to swim across the pool on only one breath. She can lift her head to take a breath, but usually loses momentum. I think she's figured out that she swims better without taking a breath?!?
Jacob is my little daredevil. Brian put this little waterfall thing in last week and the kids just love it.
Annie loves her big brother!
We watched my friend Julie's kids Lauren and Nicholas on Friday night. Jacob and Gwyn were so excited that they were having a sleepover. Lauren slept in Gwyn's room and Nicholas slept in Jacob's room. The kids did great, everyone played great together, and we even had a picnic snack before it got too hot:
Sweet little Jacob starts Kindergarten in a week!
Annie is working hard on her "cheese" face for the camera:
Lauren taught Gwyn how to jump rope, and Gwyn tried very hard:
Love those little pigtails:
Gwyn is growing up so fast. She loves to get her fingernails and toenails painted, and surprisingly Annie sits very still in order to get hers done as well. Gwyn always says how much Annie likes her, I told her it is because she is her big sister and Annie wants to do and be just like her. Gwyn, who in the past has always HATED to clean up, has been volunteering to do her own room. After a few days of this in a row, which I thought was surprising, I noticed that a lot of her toys were missing. I asked Gwyn where they were and she said, "under my bed." She thought it was great and explained that you can fit a whole lot of toys under the bed. I thought that was pretty funny, her bed had been on the floor before, but now that she has two full size beds on their frames in her room, she has extra storage and her idea of "cleaning" is to shove everything under her bed...not sure where she learned that from!
These kids are so much fun. The other night we played duck, duck, goose in the house. We all sat in a circle (except for Annie who just walked around the circle saying duck when she touched peoples head the entire time we played), and when you got picked you had to run into the kitchen, through the living room and then back to the playroom. The kids thought it was awesome.
Jacob and Gwyn went to gymnastics one day this week with their friends Jackson and Ben. We also had a play date with Gwyn's little friend Laura from her preschool, the girls dressed up and had so much fun. Jacob didn't want to go, but had a great time with Laura's older brother and came back home asking for an iphone, ha! We took a trip to the library this week, where Jacob picked out a Star Wars and a book about spiders, Gwyn picked a Fairy book and Pinkalicious book, and Annie picked out a Dora (with the help of Gwyn), and a Backyardigans book. Jacob showed Gwyn how to do a headstand the other night...I remember doing this with Jason:
Somersault time! Jacob is supposed to be practicing his somersaults because the next swim lesson he gets, he's going to start working on underwater somersault turns...he's determined to be an expert!
Annie's hair is finally growing, whoo hoo! She has those cute little flips around her face that I just love!
Brian is such a good Dad, these kids have such fun with him. Annie is enjoying her ride in this little blanket wrap:
We had a movie night to watch Rio, Annie was intensely watching when I took this picture because you couldn't get her attention she was so engrossed in the movie. I find this quite funny considering Jacob didn't watch hardly any TV until he was 3, and now Annie is glued to it at 21 months!
Poor little Annie had to sit in time out...she wasn't too happy about it:
Jacob is my little helper, he helped me write my grocery list and then went shopping with me:
Annie continues to love to put on shoes. She had my tennis shoes on and thought it was just great how she could hold onto the laces and walk around. I love this face of hers when she has something figured out!
Jacob got ahold of my camera one day, and here is what he captured...sweet little Gwyn resting in my bed after having a fever and not feeling well:
Silly Annie posing for Jacob:
A ceramic tiger:
Phineas and Ferb on TV:
Lastly, Brian has impressed the kids once again with his juggling skills. The kids thought this was just great, I thought about offering to do some differential equations for them to show them my "skills," but I don't think they would have been as impressed:
Funny things the kids said this week:
Annie (as she picks up the remote and hands it to me): Kids shows.
Brian playing dolls with Gwyn, holding Barbie: Hi, my name is Barbie, short for Barbara
Gwyn: Hi, my name is Belle.
Brian: Is Belle short for doorbell?
Gwyn (smiling): Yes
Gwyn: Why do people start off as babies?
Gwyn to Annie: A hog is a pig, okay?
Jacob: If you invite the whole world to your birthday party, you'd get ALOT of presents.
Gwyn: Mommy, I need a dollar.
Me: Why?
Gwyn: Jacob says that he'll be nice to me if I give him $1, but he'll be mean to me if I don't.
Me: Go tell Jacob that if he is mean to you, then he has to give you $1. (she runs off smiling)
Jacob holding the popcorn seeds from his snack: We can plant this and grow a popcorn tree and then we wouldn't have to buy it at the store.
Me to Gwyn when Annie put her finger in Gwyn's mouth: Don't bite her.
Gwyn: I wasn't going to bite her, just chew on her.
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