Last Visit to Alto with Only 2 Kiddos

Today marks one month until my scheduled c-section and at that point, they do not want you traveling too far from the hospital just in case something happens early. So, I planned a last visit to Alto to see my family before we are stuck at home for the next month.

We had a great visit with Dad and Jamie. We met them for lunch at the Yellowjacket Cafe on Friday and then spent the evening up at their house. Dad grilled burgers and hotdogs. The kids were busy playing all around their yard and Lillian was cracking us up with her games and songs she was making up. She even had Dad doing a dance she made up. Jamie had gotten them some little packets that when put in water turn into little sponges and they thought once they were sponges, they would use them to clean up the door to the little house. ha ha....Then after dinner, they enjoyed some ice cream sundaes!

Saturday morning, we went with mom over to her neighbor's swimming pool and took the kids swimming. They were impressed that there was a swimming pool over the fence from Grandma's house. They were wondering how we were going to get to a pool without getting in the car. Mom had gotten them little swim rings, some pool toys, and goggles and they were excited about them. Lillian was all over the pool in her new princess swim ring. Andrew wasn't as excited, but he has been getting braver at the pool lately, so he did venture around the pool a bit with his new gear.

Besides that, the kids just played, and we visited with Tory and my Mom before driving back today to start another week! The kids start swim lessons a week from tomorrow, so I'm hoping all their swimming lately will have them ready for that! We'll see.

Memorial Day Weekend at the Cades

We wanted to go visit my sister Katy and her family sometime before my doctor won't allow me to travel before the new baby comes, so we figured out that Memorial Day weekend was perfect to go visit. Brandon had both Friday and Monday off work, so we could go and not be rushed right back since it is a 4 hour ride without stopping...usually 5 hours for us by the time we stop a few times for gas, restroom breaks, and to eat.

So, we packed up and headed out Friday morning early and made it there by afternoon. The kids enjoyed the pool. Lillian and her fearless self jumps in now with her floaties and is all over the pool. She loves for the adults to throw her up and into the water. Andrew on the other hand wanted to just sit on the ladder. We got him in a few times, but he was screaming! I guess we'll see how swimming lessons go in a few weeks!

Clay made us lots of yummy food and we did lots of hanging out and relaxing when we could. I got lots of time with my nephew, Baby Parker. He just turned 4 months old and is a sweetie!

It was sad to leave them today, but a little easier knowing Katy and Parker are coming to our house this next weekend for my baby shower! :)

Fun at the Sprinkler Park

Lillian kept asking me what we were going to do this afternoon and I had planned nothing. I have just been so wiped out from the heat. She wanted to go swimming, so I told her we could go to the sprinkler park and I blinked and she was upstairs getting her swimming suit and Andrew's.

We have been to the sprinkler park only once, but it was last year and the kids were in their clothes and refused to go in the water. Today they too right to it. The 104 degrees outside made it a perfect time to go. It wasn't crowded and the kids just ran all over. We'll definitely do this again before the heat is gone. It was nice for me not having to worry about them falling in a pool and they could just run around and tire themselves out nicely! They are even in better humors this afternoon as well. This mom is happy.

Swimming Kids

We enrolled the kids in swimming lessons this summer through the city of Round Rock. I had done the Mommy and me class with Lillian through them back when Lillian was 7 months old, but have skipped the past couple of summers having them both at an age where I needed to be in the pool with them.

So this year, Lillian was old enough for the preschool class and she really enjoyed it! She loves being a part of a class and doing all the activities. I could see her from over where I was doing Andrew's class and she was smiling and having fun the whole time. I'm deciding whether or not to enroll her now in the advanced preschool class where they do a little more with them and teach them a few actual strokes. We'll see.

Andrew is my little scardy cat. The first 2 days of class, he had claws into my shoulders so scared of it! But by the 3 day, he was kicking and loving it. I'm so glad we took this class. Even if he didn't learn much, he at least got more used to the water and isn't so scared anymore.

The class got cancelled one day due to rain, so it was supposed to be made up on Friday, but Friday had rain again, so it got moved to today (Saturday). It actually worked to our advantage because Brandon worked yesterday, so today he was off and could come take some pictures of the last day of class. And I don't think people realized class would be today since it was cancelled yesterday, so in Lillian's class that usually had about 12 kids, there were only 3 including her and only Andrew and one little girl in our class, so we almost had the pool to ourselves!










Lillian kicking on the boogie board with her teacher.












Andrew kicking to the boat










Lillian's class












Kicking Andrew