Go Fish

oh yes and if somebody could tell me what song she is seranading us with at the end I'd appreciate it...

So yes with this hot weather we are in the pool everyday. Kendall who loves to eat wants to swim more than she'd like to eat. Tonight she told me she wanted to be like Laila and jump off the diving board. So I put that life jacket on her and off she jumped. She came up laughing. Now she won't take the life jacket off because she's realized how to keep herself balanced and afloat and she has discovered that if she runs in the water she can move really fast. I like that she's not afraid of it - but it's kind of bittersweet because before the life jacket was on I was trying to get a bee (calmly) out of the pool and I turned back around and she was underwater walking to me. Geesh if she was a little more afraid I know she wouldn't get off the steps! She will stay in that pool until she is shivering cold.

She has been superhard to wake up in the morning. I keep trying to put her to bed earlier and earlier but she is still a rock to wake up. She will look at me and groan and pull the covers back over herself. I even try opening the blinds (which i swore i'd never do to my own child) and she puts the pillow over her head. So now I just open the blinds tell her time to get up and I leave, she eventually gets up on her own.

Except for at night she is potty trained :) No pull up at nap time or all day at all anymore. She took some time adjusting to her new classroom and teachers - but after our vacation she has not had one accident. I'm so proud. The last few times she did have an accident she had her Elmo panties that daddy got her on and she'd tell me "Mommy, I peed on Elmo and Zoe".

Grandpa hooked the bike carrier up on Sunday and Kendall Aunt Becky and I took a trip to Brady's house. At first Kendall asked if every single house was Brady's. I finally quit answering and when I turned around she had her feet up and was totally relaxing. She loved it in there - but I am too old to pull almost 50 pounds because it totally wiped me out ~ even all the running I've been doing did not help me!

I know we all say it - but man do they grow up so fast! I still can't believe that she's almost three. Which she reminds me of everyday because ever since Kolton's birthday party all she talks about is "going to chuckie cheese for my birthday". So a heads up to you parents - that's where her party will be this year. Not my favorite place either but the kids seem to love it. When Lynee' asked her when her birthday was she told her "20 minutes". It took her a few days but she did finally learn how to walk in her flip flops or "fittops" as she calls them. She would sleep in those things if I let her. The only pair I could find that fit her high arches were at the dollar store! Woo hoo! She also has learned that gum is a wonderful thing. She does not swallow it and even if it falls out - she'll put it right back in there.

bathing beauty

Kendall where are you?

now you see the sprinkler.....

now you don't.....

Pool party 2008

Laila just figuring out it's fun to go all the way under
are you picking or plugging?

brady got used to the water fairly quickly
Tyler wasn't so sure about the big tube - but he sure didn't mind the water!

A last minute pool party was planned and turned out great! Thanks for everybody who came. I sure had a blast and it looked like the kids all got along and enjoyed themselves. Congrats to Jordan, Adalynn, Kendall and Laila for jumping off the diving board - oh yes and Mitchell you did too! I'm so proud of you guys for being so daring. Laila is for sure completely fearless when it comes to the water because she would just jump right in and not care if she went under or not. Kendall absolutely loves the pool and other kids so she was so happy last night and she fell asleep the second her head hit her pillow.

little young don't ya think brody?

Laila's big splash

Nice leg's addie!

good job Jordan!

Vacation 2008

having a blast with Meredith

the waves were so big - grandpa ron got to hold them both

Meredith nor her sister Maison are afraid of the water AT ALL!!!

having fun dinging the bell

"supamin" ice cream is her favorite! grandpa catches the drips...

grandpa would build it - she would stomp on it
mommy fell asleep and got spryaed by the water gun - very funny trick grandpa

enjoying lunch with Meredith Maison and Jenn

alright alright i'm updating i'm updating! we've been on vacation the last week and a half and when we got home last night, the last thing i wanted to do was sit on the computer.

Kendall has had a busy summer. She loves it outside. I got her a little bike with training wheels and she just loves it. And there is always the pool - she wakes up on the weekends and that's the first thing that she says "can I put my woo soup on?" Even if it's not warm out she wants in there.

For the past week Kendall has been out in Grand Haven camping at the "ocean" as she called it. Thursday to Sunday it was just her and grandma and grandpa and then I went out on Sunday. Kendall loved the beach - absolutely loved everything about it, the dirt, the water - all of the kids. She was just in her glory. She was leary of the lake at first - but by the end of the week she wouldn't stay out of there. Her and grandpa swam and swam and dug "ponds" and made castles. She slept just fine in the trailer too - which made me more than happy. Her friends Meredith and Maison joined us on Tuesday and Kendall and Meredith get along so well ~ i love it. Meredith had fun with grandpa ron too. The sun is turning Kendalls hair super light and even though I put 50 sunscreen on her 5 times a day she has tan lines.

Kendall is enjoying her first REAL babysitter the last part of this week. (by REAL i mean, not a friend of mine or a family member, b/c yes, so many of you have helped in that department)Brady's aunt Haley is watching her thursday and friday and so far - Kendall has been an angel (haley's exact words), which is good. She had no potty accidents while at Haley's house. Tomorrow they are going to Milennium Park - I have a feeling Kendall isn't going to want to come home!

She is starting to have some pretend friends. Right now her friend is the Puma from Diego. He follows us everywhere and she's always telling him to "stay away puma i'm busy". She loves pretending - she "bakes" me cakes and won't walk away unless i eat them. She is also still infatuated with birds. At the beach she was constantly chasing the seagulls - i'd have been so mad if i got pooped on while it flew away! And at home any bird in the yard she just has to "get him mommy, he needs me". It's hilarious.