A Little of This

I'm not sure where June went. We kept relatively busy in June. Here's a glimpse of how we spent our days.

The month started off with swimming lessons. I was so amazed with this year's lessons. I took the kids to a different place this year. The results were amazing. In a nutshell, we started lessons with one child terrified of water, two that couldn't swim a lick and two kids that were good swimmers. We ended our session with two excellent swimmers and two additional kids who can now swim all on their own. No one is terrified of water.



The kids all attended Bible school. What a great experience for them! The "concert" the put on at the end of the week was so much fun!
 
This is just Carson's and Owen's group.


There was the morning where snails invaded our driveway, basketball camp for the three boys, PeeWee golf for Carson and Owen, and Father's day was somewhere in the mix, too.


We also spent a lot of evenings and an occasional Saturday morning at the Tball fields. Go Honey Badgers!



The kids and I also squeezed in a few days at the pool.

Don't tell me what to do!

We've been watching our cousins. Yesterday we decided to have a change of scenery and swim at the public pool. The kids had a ball!

We did have one little run-in, though. A few of the self proclaimed cool male teenage patrons tried telling my children and their cousins that they weren't allowed to go off a certain diving board.

In a very authoritative newly changed voice, "You can't go off this board. You need to go off the other one because we're were doing cool tricks off this one. You need to move!"

Some five and a half year olds may have been intimated by the bully, but not mine. My child spouted right back.

"We can go off this board if we want to. We don't have to go off that one! We're staying here." Arms crossed. Stern look.

Dirty looks were exchanged. And off the "cool" board went my kids and their cousins. The big kids were shamed into spending the rest of their day going off the "other" board.

The bully is on the board shooting my child one last dirty look and I'm sure saying something inappropriate. This was his last jump off the "cool" board. My brave "you can't intimidate me" five year old is in the navy blue and white swim trunks (the little kid) telling him off. The not so cool buddy was shamed out of line to go to the "other" board.

Well done Carson.

Summer, Summer, Summer, Summertime!

It's summer time! We have been waiting what seems like forever for summer to get here. Carson has been asking me daily for the last month or so if it's summer. I can finally answer with a solid YES! Now that that temps have been in the upper 80's and in the 90's it's officially summer at the Wright house. The kids and I spend a lot of quality time outside. The "new" summer activities that the kids have been enjoying most are ones that involve water. The Slip-N-Slide has been a big hit along with our kiddie pools. I love that my kids love their Slip-N-Slide. It brings back so many great childhood memories for me. We put our Slip-N-Slide on our little hill in the backyard. That has made it a lot of fun. Sliding on it while going downhill really makes you go fast. We are missing not having a "real" pool in the backyard this year, but the kiddie pools seem to be good enough for the kids for the time being.

Racing to the flag

Carson makes a splash

Isaac loves splashing at the bottom of the Slip-N-Slide. (Doesn't he look like Owen here?)

Owen splashes Isaac

Stella's and Isaac's turn

Another race

Stella going down a dry Slip-N-Slide

Isaac going down the elephant slide

Owen jumping into the kiddie pool

Daddy flips Carson into pool

Stella's got an itch

Fun in the kiddie pool

Pool time

Sunscreen

Sunday Carson asked Carson and Owen if they wanted to go swimming with him. Before going in the pool Daddy told the boys he was going to run inside to get the radio. (Don't worry the gate was locked.) When Carson returned he found the boys like this.


Owen and Carson decided to put their sunscreen on all by themselves. It makes me proud that they know they can't swim unless they have their sunscreen on.