For the beginning of spring break we went to visit my family in Bellingham, Washington. We stayed with my Aunt Dee and Uncle Phil and had a lot of fun playing outside. Thankfully it was nice so we could got to be outside most of the day. My cousin Michelle brought over her kids bikes to play with. Her kids don't got to school on Monday so we got to play with Allison and Brandon during the day. We also got to play with Samantha, my cousin Sherri's daughter, during the day and then that afternoon her brother Andy came to play with us. We had a lot of fun playing with all of them and can't wait until we get to see them in June. I took a lot of videos of the kids and you can watch them, and I hope that you all have enjoyed your spring break even if you didn't get a break.
Videos are below and you can find pictures by clicking HERE.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Dance Class
We did dance class at the community center and had a lot of fun. This time we did the Terrific Twirling 3s &4s. Here is Avery's favorite dance, and my favorite dance to watch. It is called the Bird and the Explorer dance. They get ribbons and when a certain type of music is on they are birds and then when it changes the explorers come out and they have to march with the ribbons. Hope that you enjoy watching it as much as I do.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Swimming Lessons Feb. - March 2010
So last night was our last night of swimming lessons for a little while. Avery was a Penguin and Lucy was an Angelfish. Both of them really enjoyed it, and it was a lot of fun to see them progress through the last five weeks.
Lucy has been doing a lot of jumping into the water. She gets all geared up like there is going to be a huge jump and then pretty much falls into your arms. If I had to guess I would say that jumping in and trying to blow bubbles are her favorite. Right now she just puts her mouth in the water open, and to her she is blowing bubbles. We haven't quite figured out how to teach her to close her mouth, but there is a little more time before she needs to do it. Brett and I have been trading off nights with her in the water which has been great because we get to both see how well Avery and Lucy are doing.
This is Avery's first time in Penguin class. They do a lot of front floats, back floats, and bobs. We ended up buying Avery goggles so that she would put her face in the water. The only problem is she wont let us put them on tight enough so every time after she puts her face in the water she has to dump out the water. The goggles have really helped with the bobs and front float. Her only problem is the back float. (You can watch the video and see how much she doesn't like it.) One night though she did do it for a couple seconds all by herself and was so proud. Her favorite part of swim lessons is when they do Red light, Green light, Yellow light, Monster Green light, and Disco light with their kicks. She also really likes the game of Mr. Shark, and enjoys chasing people in the water. Overall she has learned a lot, and will have the wonderful priviledge to be a penguin again the next time we take swimming lessons.
I hope that you enjoy the pictures and videos, and all are having a great time. And only one week until Spring Break and one month until taxes are due. So those are two major HOORAY's in our lives.
Swimming Lessons Pictures and Videos
Lucy has been doing a lot of jumping into the water. She gets all geared up like there is going to be a huge jump and then pretty much falls into your arms. If I had to guess I would say that jumping in and trying to blow bubbles are her favorite. Right now she just puts her mouth in the water open, and to her she is blowing bubbles. We haven't quite figured out how to teach her to close her mouth, but there is a little more time before she needs to do it. Brett and I have been trading off nights with her in the water which has been great because we get to both see how well Avery and Lucy are doing.
This is Avery's first time in Penguin class. They do a lot of front floats, back floats, and bobs. We ended up buying Avery goggles so that she would put her face in the water. The only problem is she wont let us put them on tight enough so every time after she puts her face in the water she has to dump out the water. The goggles have really helped with the bobs and front float. Her only problem is the back float. (You can watch the video and see how much she doesn't like it.) One night though she did do it for a couple seconds all by herself and was so proud. Her favorite part of swim lessons is when they do Red light, Green light, Yellow light, Monster Green light, and Disco light with their kicks. She also really likes the game of Mr. Shark, and enjoys chasing people in the water. Overall she has learned a lot, and will have the wonderful priviledge to be a penguin again the next time we take swimming lessons.
I hope that you enjoy the pictures and videos, and all are having a great time. And only one week until Spring Break and one month until taxes are due. So those are two major HOORAY's in our lives.
Swimming Lessons Pictures and Videos
Sunday, March 7, 2010
March 2010
So I know that March has just begun, but we have already had some really fun things that happened in it. First we have been doing swimming lessons and both of the girls have really been enjoying it. Avery is learning to do back float and front float, and Lucy is all about "jumping" in the pool. We got Avery goggles so she is now starting to put her face more in the water, and is getting way more into jumping in the pool. It has been really fun to watch her get more excited about certain things in the pool. Lucy has always been excited about swimming, but now wants to do more things by herself.
The second exciting thing that happened was we got to celebrate Auntie Mandy's 30th Birthday Party. She had an 80's rollerskating party and it was a blast. We all got dressed up and got to see how quickly you can forget how to rollerskate. Avery did have skates and only fell once, but she didn't really enjoy it. Lucy had more fun at the end of the night when Brett pushed her around for a couple of minutes in them. Avery spent the night running around with Dahlia, and they had a blast together.
Hope that you are all enjoying your beginnings to March, and enjoy the pictures.
March 2010
The second exciting thing that happened was we got to celebrate Auntie Mandy's 30th Birthday Party. She had an 80's rollerskating party and it was a blast. We all got dressed up and got to see how quickly you can forget how to rollerskate. Avery did have skates and only fell once, but she didn't really enjoy it. Lucy had more fun at the end of the night when Brett pushed her around for a couple of minutes in them. Avery spent the night running around with Dahlia, and they had a blast together.
Hope that you are all enjoying your beginnings to March, and enjoy the pictures.
March 2010
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)