Summertime

 Summer continues to be lots of fun.  We try to get to Nana and Papa's to swim as much as we can.  When we do, Magnolia and Sophia will play for hours.  Nonstop.  I have to pull Magnolia from the pool for a snack and little break.  Magnolia has learned so much this summer.  She can tread, she can swim under water, she can jump off the diving board and swim to the side, she can do flips under water, sometimes double flips.  She's working on her handstands and she can dive for diving rings.
This little guy is doing great too.  He loves to get on the rafts and pretend they're boats and crocodiles are below.  

 Magnolia finished her season of T-ball.  What a blast!  She did a great job.  The ONLY game I missed (for a Florence Eisemann sale) she got hit in the chest.  She was fine, I'm just glad I wasn't there to see it.

 She was also a trooper for using George's mitt when she really needed one for being a lefty.

 She had three chances to hit the ball before they'd pull out the T.  She would always pull through and hit the ball on the third pitch.  Coach Ben (pictured) took a liking to Magnolia and did lots of warm ups with her.

 Magnolia has been playing with one of her favorite friends and neighbor, Bryn.  This day I sent them outside to look at the American Girl catalog.

 This day we discovered that Magnolia's two front teeth are a little loose.  She was smiling all day with this news and told anyone she could.  Mistakenly she told our neighbor dad who has six kids.  He has been offering to assist with the removal but Magnolia repeatedly and politely yells across the street, "No thanks, I think I'll just let it come out on it's own."  Three days after this discovery of loose teeth, Magnolia had a big fall on her mouth at the hardware store.   We didn't think it was such a bad fall but we have come to find out that she did some serious damage to her tooth.  It is extremely sensitive and is turning very dark grey.  We had it x-rayed and have been advised to just wiggle, wiggle, wiggle it to get it out sooner than later.  Until then, straws with every drink!

 These two love to help in the kitchen. Here they are peeling carrots.  Now they love to set the table in the dining room which is welcoming bit of help.

 Our houses are so close together here.  You have to be okay with that when you move here.  We happen to like it.  It makes it easy to play with friends and neighbors and it seems like the kids all share the yards running back and forth between them.  It has a very old fashioned feel.  I really like it.  Here the neighbor kids decided to dress up and have a parade up and down our street.

We have some pretty fun stuff planned in the next couple of weeks.  I'll be back soon to post.