Thursday, June 22, 2006

We've Been Swimming......

We've been spending our afternoon's in the pool. Parker is working on mastering the canon ball - the bigger the splash, the better. The cool pool is helping the afternoon go by quickly and comfortably. Mom gets to relax and the kids get tired- everybody wins!
And Swimming....

Here she is, Super Noel. Noel's favorite thing to do as she jumps off the diving board is to recite a cheer she learned at Cheer Camp. This is the "V" for victory jump. Whoo hoo!

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Baseball Camp for Parker!

Parker started baseball camp on Tuesday. Camp was scheduled to begin on Monday, but due to the horrible rain it was closed that day. He's having lots of fun.As you can see, he's practicing his "skills" in the front yard. He'll be at camp for the rest of the week. Again, Grandma Glenn sure knows how to pick the right camps for her grandkids!

Monday, June 12, 2006

The Nursery is Ready!

The cribs are in and the bedding is down. All we need now are the the little ones who belong here. Shouldn't be too much longer!

Catherine's bed.

Elizabeth's bed.

The changing table...We expect to spend a lot of time here....

Play area.

Noel is Off to Cheer Leading Camp!

Noel began cheer leading camp today. She was very excited and can hardly wait to go back tomorrow. She will be there all week for 1/2 a day. She came home totally exhausted. Quote of the day: "Cheer leading is HARD work! I'm serious Mommy!" Grandma Glenn really knows how to choose the right camp for her grand-daughter! Thanks Grandma!

Thursday, June 08, 2006

Pogo Stick Mania!

The summer boredom finally kicked in this morning and the pogo stick came out. Parker was determined to break a record. He wanted to see how many consecutive hops he could make on the stick. Noel was keeping tabs on each attempt and writing down the number. They were up to 124 in this picture. The final total was 136! Way to go. It certainly tired Parker out for a while.

Here is the P-Man attempting the record. The secret to many consecutive jumps is you don't jump too high off the ground.

Here is Miss Noel keeping tabs on her brother. Please note that she is wearing her helmet as well for safety reasons. Seriously, you can't be too careful.

Saturday, June 03, 2006

Uninvited Guest!

We had a visitor on our swimming outing today. This guy came out of a tree and landed on the trellis where the swing is by the pool. Susann looked up and saw the snake and quickly snatched up Noel and ran into the house! Ron was able to take some neat shots before the snake disappeared under the shed. Turns out this guy is an Eastern Coachwhip Snake and it is very rare to see them in the wild. They are not poisonous, but it sure made the afternoon swim exciting! You can learn more about him by clicking here: http://www.snakesandfrogs.com/scra/snakes/cwhip.htm

Thursday, June 01, 2006

34 Weeks!
We did it! We made it 34 weeks. Both girls are 5 pounds each now, getting bigger and they're not through cooking yet! The weeks and weeks of bed rest are really paying off here. We have at least two more weeks to go.