More Swimming!

I remember those last weeks of growing my Bumble Bleu and thinking of this summer. It seemed so far away! I would sit and daydream about my new baby and swimming in the pool. How is it here so fast?


Look at my Remy. He is so cute and big now.





Mr. Bleu fits in so well with us. It is hard to remember life before him.





I see Elijah slipping more and more into young adulthood.





I just eat this time up with my three men. How I love these moments. I push away thoughts of them grown and away.





Remy's silly antics are good for my heart. Gosh, he makes me laugh!





I love watching Noah discover it all for the first time. :)

Who knew BIG Cleaning Jobs Could be Fun?

We went to Sherri's house today and helped scrub and ready the pool for the years new water. :) Madison did so much work! I was really impressed and shocked!

Mrs. Sherri took us in her car.

Carter had a little frog he had found in the pool and Remy of course fell in love!

I got my workout today and my talking...Matthew says FINALLY I got it all out! *laugh*

Remy enjoyed that empty pool.

Sherri's, Patrick is such a handsome young man. Sherri, you can snatch this photo or I can email the full sized file, let me know. :)

The kids were flopping around like a fish, Carter started it, and oh my gosh it was funny. Hee hee...

The crazy boy, Carter, who started the floppy fish! Sherri says he looks so much like she and Vicki, her twin sister, here. :)

My Madison!!! Sweetness never exsisted in the world without her here. :) She worked for her pool time, let me tell you!

Those frogs were the stars of the show today. Sherri finally had them all sit in a circle and allow the frogs to swim in the couple of inches of water we had in the pool. This went on for a very long time. ;)

I enjoyed my two days with the Sweetest family ever! I hope I can fall asleep tonight. Thankyou, Sherri, Madison, Patrick, and Carter! HUGS!

Remy Is BETTER and he LEARNED to SWIM!

Remy didn't have anymore sickies after 6:30am this morning. And he was up to his old self and full of energy. Daddy was off from work, so this means no "real" schooling, and a day of fun! Since Matthew and I were feeling a little wiggly ourselves and we didn't want Remy over doing it we stayed home. We were supposed to go geocaching with some family friends today. But it has been put off until another day. We have lots of time since all of our friends are out of school for the summer! YAY!

We waited until after lunch so Remy could have something in his tummy. But after that we went swimming with daddy!

Daddy will not allow his picture in his suit to be on my blog. Hee hee...

But the boys don't mind. Here are a few shots.

We saw a rainbow in the sprinkler. :)

Yesterday Remy whinned a few times about how he hated being sick. And he told me he had planned on learning to swim without his floaties. I didn't think much of it...

But as you can SEE, he got in all by himself without floaties and made one of us stand off for him to swim too. And then of course Eli couldn't be outdone. So he swam with us holding him up. He hasn't let go just yet. ;) But I have a feeling he will soon enough!

We then watched a movie and had dinner. It was a pleasant say, just pleasant in every way. The children were such a joy to be around. And we enjoy it even more when daddy is home for the splashy fun.

The pool was the best temp we have had yet. It was just delicious and freeing be so weightless. *sigh*

School starts back up tomorrow! See you all then!

More Creatures for Remy and Pool Time

Okay, so http://www.youtube.com/ was up tonight and I have video for your viewing pleasure. I know pictures can't always capture the cuteness of the kids the way I want, so sometimes video is a must. :)

Yesterday we left school to the public kids during the day. We were FREE and and soaked up the suns goodness, the wind was sweet and delicate, the air fragrant with spring, and a blissful day was ours for the taking. These are the days my kids will say meant the most.

Remy is trying to build himself back up to the bravery statis he had at the end of summer last year. He can't bring himself to jump again just yet. Here he is practicing!

They also do lots of silly things in the pool and report to me how clever they are. :)

They have this spinner thingy that gives them alot of enjoyment...look at their faces!

They of course had to take a break for snacks TWICE! Eli was able to have chips and then a fudge pop due to the energy he burns while swimming, all without a drop of insulin. He loves this. Summer gives him lots more treats. :)

What day would be complete without the daily creature photo of Remy? He found a red and black stink bug and enjoyed him crawling all over him. This child is a neat boy, fearless and full of love for his world.

WE heard the school bus drop of the kids and I smiled with DELIGHT that my boys had enjoyed the day! They swam for another hour and then we went in to do our schoolwork and have dinner.

Elijah finished his book "Bunnicula".

Remy had his full lessons and was done in 15 minutes with it all. Look at this handwriting!

He taped the toothbrush and toothbrush he cute out on his bathroom mirror.

And then we have today! Look at what our Doggie Reese found!

A WILD red-eared slider!

She was trying to get at something on the other side of the fence, wouldn't give up. Matthew and the boys walked around by the "creek" and on the bank found him all huddled by our gate. We assume he was trying to get to our pool. The water has went really low out there and into the bayou/marshy thing down the road. We think he was up here during the rainstorms and was stuck!

And here is my yummiest man with Mr. Turtle.

Our kids have two little pet turtle of the same kind in their room. Remy said that this was the best creature find EVER! Hee hee!

We went to the library, Eli finished his book on Mononucleosis, and then we went grocery shopping with Matthew. It was another sweet day! Oh and Remy did more handwriting work. :)

Matthew is off tomorrow, I have a meeting with my doula clients, but I am sure we will have some sort of post tomorrow night. Until then!

A Sunday like No OTHER!

My family and I had a PERFECT Sunday. I mean every bit of it, every moment, PRICELESS!

It started with church that morning and I sat next to my MYKA and ASA! I love looking at her with her baby, she holds him like a trophy! One would have to see it to appreciate it. But she is in love and over the moon with this baby! He makes the sweetest noises. :)

After church we went to the mall and shared a chinese food meal at a DEEP discount due to the guy knowing Matthew. You can't beat a whole tofu meal with veggies and rice piled high, 2 eggrolls, 1 BIG eggdrop soup, and 2 biscuits for 6 bucks! It filled us all up and we then got a starbucks. Eli loves the caramel frappe'.

We walked around the mall and I bought some clearance shirts for Remy for our vacation packing. After that we went to Target and I found two pairs of shorts really cheap for him as well. I am done with his shopping. :)

We came home and the boys helped Matthew clean the pool. I was mowing the grass and they just BEGGED for some swimming! Guess what, we gave in!

The water was almost 70 degrees, but TOO COLD for me. Matthew and I did yard work and the boys moved through the water feeling free and very cool. The birds were singing and flying around. The sun perfect in the sky. Magical. What else can I say?

In the pool the boys found a...

CRAWFISH!

In the pool! Best we can think is he was blown in during the storm we had here a few days ago. Can't believe the chemicals didn't kill him.

I found a cicada larva while cleaning up outside.

The kids LOVED this! I guess we will be bombarded by them yet again this year. They were out in huge numbers when we moved in the house in late summer. The birds just have a feast!

We came in and got ready to go out for dinner. We went to olive garden and it was YUM-O! As we were leaving Remy saw baby house geckos all over the wall eating the bugs. He caught one and brought him home. :) I took pictures today. :)

So there it is...a day like a mini vacation. A taste of what is to come and I can't wait to leave for out BIG vacation!