First Swim

We were able to get to the pool today without incident. The last two attempts were thwarted by 1) a broken pipe and 2) no lifeguard ; however, today we were there in full force! I was laughing at the amount of stuff we lugged up there...a cooler, a towel bag, a toy bag, and a diaper bag. M. liked to watch all of the kids play and even had her feet in for a second, but she spent most of her time under the big umbrella with mom. P. was all over the place with his friends and really had a good time. He seems to have no fear of the water this year, as he was diving under and everything. Our resident water child was in before we could get her Crocs off! K. swam the entire time and did a great job. I think we will try and get her some swimming lessons this summer.

P. had a make-up soccer game today and he did a great job! He was awesome on defense with a few saves, and he managed to score a goal. He has one more game next Saturday and then his first soccer season will come to an end. He has has a really great time and has improved dramatically from his first little soccer clinic he did almost two years ago. K. cannot wait to play on her own soccer team. (She asks every time we go to one of P's games.)

Our new furniture arrives on Tuesday and I am very excited (not sure anyone else is all that fired up about it). Tomorrow night I will be borrowing some neighbor husbands to help move the old stuff out, since Kevin is still on resticted lifting duty. I can't wait to see how it all comes together!

K. helped me make some strawberry jam this morning and we got two batches made before we ran out of containers to put it in. I am wondering how long 8 containers of jam will last with this crew. I am betting that we will be out by January, but I am not going to make anymore this time around, as I am running out of freezer room and still have corn and peaches left to freeze.

Almost done with K.'s bedroom furniture, too. I have one coat left to paint on the headboard and then two quick coats on the side rails and we will be done. I should have that done tomorrow and then we can put it together later in the week. She is so excited to finally have her own big girl bed like her brother. Up until now we have had her matress on the floor to prevent rolling out, so we will see how she does with this next step!

We are hoping for better weather this week so we can continue to go to the pool. It is so nice to be able to get everyone outside and run the "stink off" as my mom says. It has rained so much these past few weeks. P. asked me last week if he could go outside at one point and I replied, "When it stops raining." To which he replied, "It has to stop eventually. I don't think God ordered another flood." I just laughed and told him I didn't think there was another flood coming, but it sure did seem like it might!