Bonnie

We started swim lessons at Bonnie's house last week. Parker cried the whole hour long for all 3 days. Then on Monday, I took him to a friend's pool and he loved it-- swam under water to the wall, jumped off the edge and swam to the steps, etc. He was in heaven. I thought perfect~ we'll just show Bonnie tomorrow that he's conquered his fear. So yesterday we showed up for swimming and the second he saw her white hat, the wailing and gnashing of teeth began all over again. O the torture my kids go through! At least he won't drown now.

Abby has been great. It's taken a few times in the pool to "remind" her that she knows how to swim without her tube. Over the past week she's gotten more and more comfortable going off the diving board and swimming on her own. She likes to pretend like I'm Bonnie and she asks me to give her a "lesson" when we're at other pools. So I don't hold back--she gets thrown in and dunked under... just what Bonnie would do!

let's play...

When I was growing up, we always played House... as do Abby & Parker. But yesterday Abby had a friend over and I heard her say "Do you want to play Garage Sale? C'mon! Let's go upstairs and play garage sale." About 10 minutes later she had every toy in the loft lined up in different piles :)

Happy Father's Day!

My Husband, Mr. Incredible...

WA-LA! This is what Jon has been spending the majority of his evenings doing for the past 4 weeks. Most of the time I'm speechless. I keep asking Jon, "How did you know how to do that?" And he says "I just thought about it." "But I don't understand. How did you know how to do that?" I reply... it's all a big mystery to me, with an incredible end result!

As you can see, Jon has been very stressed out at work. How can we tell? Well 'projects' are his "therapy" and he accomplished this masterpiece in record time, with incredible craftsmanship and professional flare! My Husband, My Hero, Mr. Incredible!

My Little Flower Girl

Abby got to be the Flower Girl in my friend Ashley's wedding, while we were in Cincinnati. After all the prepping and fuss over the dress, she did a phenomenal walk down the aisle! She walked slow, dropped a few pedals, and LOVED all the attention of 400 stranger eyes all on her! We had a fantastic time--thanks ashley for letting us be a part of your big day! You were beautiful!