These are the days to remember...

On most days, while the BIG KIDS are at school, I have Big Sister and Little Brother with me. We enjoy doing many things together--just the three of us. We love going to the park, where Big Sister will always give me a show (I get a show everyday in fact!), climb the dragon with a "peace out" sign, swing, or just be cute. We also enjoy building tents in our front room and play queen, princess and prince together. One of our favorite places is the library where we get to listen to "Dan the Library Man" and check out all of the Beverly Cleary books on CD to listen to at night. Life is good.

Post Swimming Lesson Cuddle

We have heated swimming lessons through the city from February-June. The kids took the February two week session. Michaela's lessons were pretty much useless, and yet she enjoyed them immensely. Lindie's teacher had the best temperment for her. He was very encouraging. An awesome teacher coupled with a very enthusiastic swim lesson buddy who had no fear at all, helped Lindie a lot. She improved from not wanting to jump into the pool at all at 4ft., to starting to feel comfortable treading water in the deep end. Brevin can swim, but needed some fine tuning with his strokes. He had some personality differences with his teacher and wanted to quit after the second day. We talked about Michael Phelps and how he probably doesn't agree with his swim coach all the time, but he still listens to him. A terrific attitude adjustment helped Brevin. He not only listened, but volunteered to go first on treading water, free style, back stroke, etc. I was proud of each of my kids and their improvement. I think we'll be ready for our neighborhood pool in May. Nothing like a warm cuddle with a little brother after lessons to make everything ok again.

What do you do for fun on Sunday's?

We make people sandwiches! Spencer is three months old in this picture. I think his look is saying, "Mom, help me! You want me to be the cherry on top?"


"Ok, I'll be the cherry on top...but that doesn't mean I have to smile about it!"

I love Randy's picture on this sandwich. I think it is a chocolate (Randy), pesto (Brevin), corn (Lindie), blueberry (Michaela) sandwich. Yum!

So what do YOU do for Sunday fun?

Free+Fun+Friends=Ice Skating!

We had just finished celebrating the two week Winter Olympics at Brevin and Lindie's school--the same two weeks the Olympics were up and running. Our local ice skating rink offered FREE hockey and ice skating lessons on the weekends of the Olympics. Coincidence? I think not! An opportunity to creat a mass playdate with friends from our new ward, old ward, and old school and new school? YES!


And yet...nothing could beat the Zamboni!! It was like Caillou come to life!

Lindie and Michaela getting ready to transform themselves into princesses on the ice. Lindie stayed out on the ice until she was the last one standing...pricariously...along the wall. She has persistence! Michaela stayed on the ice for 2 minutes. She fell down, and that was it. Spencer and I enjoyed handing out doughnuts and drinking hot chocolate and watching it all. Thank you friend and Vacaville Ice!