Monday, July 26, 2010

Exploring Carrollton's Rainforest Pool

The kids and I had a great time last friday at the public pool in Carrollton.
It was our first time to go and having friends to meet there made it all the more fun.
There's Simon exploring the lazy river - a couple of time he went around in an intertube.
He was a little timid at first, but by the time we left (and with no encouragement on my part - I was too busy socializing) he was a pro at the lazy river and had even gone down the slide a couple of times.
I'm thankful I put a sunshirt on him - it was overcast so I forewent the sunscreen and Simon fared fine w/ his sunshirt and baseball hat BUT I had a borderline tan/burn and Evie officially has her first tan line!
So cute - but we'll try to stay away from those!
That is the slide Simon went down AND..... EVIE!
I couldn't believe she went down it - I was at the bottom to quickly get her out since she landed face down in several inches of water .... but she loved it, I think!

Oh, on Saturday night, I saved a child's life.
Just a normal day in the life of an every day citizen.
Well, I'm not sure if I am over-dramatizing the story or not ... the details get foggy with time but I did jump (okay, step) into the pool (not in a swimsuit) to get little three year old Andrew who had slipped out of his floatie and was struggling. My friend Maray has given me permission to exaggerate the story with time :)

I did have to spend the rest of the evening wrapped in a towel while my skirt dried in the Brewer's dryer ... and I did reach Andrew about the same time Chris did, so it's a little blurry as to who gets the lifeguard medal :)
Jenna coaxing Evie to the water - before Evie went wild with confidence!

Monday, July 19, 2010

Library WiFi


Warning: these pictures are disjointed and I only have 20 minutes before the library and its free wifi closes!

We had a super fun weekend. The picture above is from Saturday night - Simon made placecards and set the table outside for the children's table - and us parents all ate inside!

I wish I had taken pictures of the slide and sprinkler set up and our hand crafted slip n slide, or a picture of Matt and John grilling the turkey burgers and veggies for salsa.


Saturday morning the porch was home to candles in mason jars, music from a record player, sweet breads, sweet tea,, and several ladies celebrating the birthday of one of our favorite southern ladies :)


Today (Monday) I took Simon and Evie and some friends to the Arboretum.
This month on Mondays they had free face painting, a small petting zoo, and of course the sprinklers are always a favorite with the older children.


Doesn't Andrew look like he is having a blast?



That's Simon w/out a shirt on and no sunscreen - I didn't win any parenting awards in regards to sun protection today!



That's Peter Rabbit in the background.


Before Nap: I had to take a picture of Evie's face painted - so cute with all of the other fabrics and prints.
After Nap: Well, I didn't take a picture and her face looked great but somehow it was a health dept disaster as she had a dirty diaper and took it off and tried to change her own diaper in her bed ... well, you can imagine.



Our living room now has an exercise/dance studio!
So fun for the kids and so practical for me!





Simon riding a fourwheeler with Mr.Eddie in Mississippi!

Simon so excited about the road trip to Mississippi that he was ready and by the back door when I woke up that morning!
He has all his necessities!