Neighborhood Pool Fun

While Mommy is away, Daddy took the kids to the neighborhood pool for the first time this year.  You can really see how Sam has learned from his swimming lessons.  The child is fearless.  He refused to wear his floatie, and he just wanted to jump in the pool over and over again.  He even took several trips down the slide!  Anna still likes to take it slow.  She had a good time putting around in her panda floatie.  I have a feeling that she'll be done with that thing by the end of this Summer.

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Water Day

It was Water Day at the kids' school yesterday.  The school set up all kinds of things that spray, squirt and soak.  With Mommy out of town, Daddy had the good fortune to witness the festivities.

Here's a picture of Sam playing in the giant bubble machine:

 Then, it was popsicle time!

Sorry.  No pictures of Anna.  She doesn't care too much for unstructured playtime.  She was a grumpy little attachment to my leg for the entire hour that her classmates played.  Instead of playing with friends, she preferred sitting on a step in the shade.  I think she may have inherited her Daddy's wallflower gene.

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...Back to work for me!

Playing in the Rain

Right after dinner, it rained.  There was no lightning, so I let the kids experience one of the simple joys of childhood, playing in the rain.  They had a blast.

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Painting for Fun

Jenn decided that the master bedroom needed a new look, so a-painting we go!

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Swimming at Aunt Jessie's

Summer doesn't officially begin until June 20, but we can't wait that long.  We went to Jessie's place and swam in the slightly frigid water in her pool.  Sam, thanks to his swim lessons, takes to the water like a salmon.  Anna loves the water, but still likes the safety of her panda floatie.

When it was Daddy's turn in the pool, Mimi, Jennifer, and Jessie lounged at the water's edge and soaked up all the sun's rays that filtered through the grayish skies.  When Daddy could sneak away, he enjoyed digging a sizable hole in Aunt Jessie's homemade guacamole dip and watching LSU smash Ole Miss' sorry Sunday pitching.  12-3  Geaux Tigers!

And here's another picture of Sam swimming underwater:

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Samuel Proctor, Trumpet Virtuoso

This morning Sam surprised me with a serenade.  This performance was entirely unprompted.  This is a talent that he has developed and perfected entirely on his own accord.  Each day our children delight us by sharing new-found skills.

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The Cootie Cloud...and San Antonio

So we have had what I call a "cootie cloud" above our house for the past several weeks.  Most of those weeks Matt has been out of town.  Oh, how I love cleaning up vomit and diarrhea while managing the house all by myself...NOT!  This is in no certain order, but this is what we have been dealing with: stomach bug lasting 5-7 days, strep throat, and a horrible upper respiratory virus that ends in your eyes.  Anna was the only one with strep, but both of the kids had the stomach bug (not on the same week), and both got the upper res. virus.  I thought they had a bad cold then pink eye but the doc set me straight!  Matt and I never got the stomach bug, but we were lucky enough to get the virus.  I am knocking on wood, but I think the cloud is lifting.  I started cleaning up puke on April 2nd, and as of right this minute it has been a full 72 hours since I have broken out the "puke bucket".  Now, on to the pictures...don't worry there are no pictures of bodily fluids!  We went to see Shamu last weekend.  I was on the tail end of the virus, my eyes were red and looked horrible but I had booked the mini vacay and we were going!!  Plus we went with a couple of great families and the kids were really looking forward to it, we needed it!

Looking at the dolphins swimming. 

Waiting for the show to start!

Watching Luke come down the big slide.

Me and Stinker 

Sweet Lily

I may post more pics later, for now we are off to swim lessons...