The Swimmers

This is what we've been working toward all summer... it brought tears to my eyes. I can't believe my little ones can swim!

France

Angel found a rock that she was playing with. It was a nice rock. She asked me if I liked it. I told her that it was a very nice rock, and asked where did she get it?

"France."

Full Circle

I always knew that I grew up in a special place. The beauty of the island is unmistakable, and very special. I remember spending all summer on the beach with I was a kid.

We played in the sand....






Played in the water...






Searched for treasures...



And spent time with family.



Life comes full circle. Thoughts while watching my children play at Crescent Beach.

Trying not to laugh...

My little Angel has always had a knack for voicing her opinion. From her newborn days when she made it very clear that her belly was uncomfortable, or she was hungry, or she wanted to be held.... (I could go on), to her first days of cute baby talk. She's always made her opinions known... or at least the fact that she had one.

Today I was having an argument with her about something mundane like whether she could wear her princess dress to the grocery store or not. It went something like this:

Me: Angel, take off your princess dress, we have to go to the grocery store. I'm not going to tell you again. Take it off now.

Angel: Uh nuh.

Me: Angel, I'm tired of you telling me 'no'. Take it off.

Angel: Mommy, I didn't say 'no', I said 'uh nuh'.

It took all I could muster to not laugh!

Oh, I do love my little independent minded little girl. I hope she keeps that mind when it comes to dating!!!

back at the beach...

Just got back from the beach. We love the beach. I love it. I grew up on an island, and have a very hard time being away from the water for any extended period of time (for me, lakes don't count...) J loves the beach too. And my kids, they adore the beach! It's one of their favorite places to be.

Here's one of my favorite pics from the weekend.

Last Day of Preschool--at this school.... (sigh)

Well, all good things come to an end... I hate that. I mean really why is that? Shouldn't good things go on and on?

Anyway, our preschool had to shut down due to the economy. It was a church preschool, and the church couldn't afford the building anymore, and the preschool couldn't operate there anymore either.

This preschool has been so good to Angel, Little Man, and our family. They were so good to us while J was sick, and they even prayed for us! I will miss them terribly. Thank you so much to all of the teachers, past and present, that have been so good to us!

So, some pics from the last day party...


Oh, but I didn't know Angel smuggled her sunglasses into school...


And there were a lot of (perhaps forced?? :-) hugs...


But how cool is she?

Soccer!

For the past 10 weeks Angel and Little Man have participated in a toddler soccer league called "Lil Kickers". It has been fun and I think they've learned a lot. Here's there photo from the season. Aren't they soooo cute?!