Swim Lessons

We had Jack in swim semi-private swim lessons this year with a few of his friends. Jack loves the water but can be a little shy when it comes to giving up his floaty ring. I, however was not prepared the first day at the pool for the dare-devil that my daughter is! It was the first time in a pool since last summer (and then she was just a baby still) and this girl was going crazy. There is a pretty large slide and Eleanor climbed up flew on down to Josh maybe 20 times in a row, no joke. She had swimmies on her arms but would bob down under the water a foot or so before coming up and saying "again" She went from there to jumping off the side by herself and then off the diving board. It was such a joy to watch, but I will definitely have to keep my eye on that one :)

Candid Cam

Here are just some sweet pictures of the kids at the lake. I love trying to capture the perfect moment or the goofiest face...

Lake Friends

We have grown quite fond of our good friends the Blackmore's this year and were excited to be able to share some time with them at the lake earlier in June. The kids have so much fun together and it even gave the adults a bit of a break to have all four weasels entertaining themselves. I think the hardest part was having the three older ones all sleep in the same room. As much as I wanted (and did) scold these little ones to stop talking and go to bed, there was something so sweet that brought back fond memories of my childhood to hear them whisper and giggle to their hearts content.

Like Brother...

I was in the sun room this morning taking some pictures for my other blog and Jack picked something up off the floor and wanted me to take a picture of it. I don't even know what it was, maybe a pine needle but you could barely even see it. I snapped a few pictures and then of course Ellie wanted to do the same thing. Ellie has quite the mind of her own and usually it's Jack that is following her lead but like any younger sibling she wants to do what the older one is doing. I was surprised at how well the pictures captured their expressions and personality.