Pictures. Again.

I can't keep up with the blog! :( We've been busy with school, gymnastics, swimming lessons, co-op, being sick.....just life. So here are some pictures to catch up a little bit.

 Oh my. Dreams have come true! I still can't believe I have a baby grand piano in my house!!! I'm calling it my birthday present to myself. And it was free!!! The nursing home in Lyons just wanted to get rid of it because they never used it. It's not in perfect shape, but once we got it tuned it sounds great! Anna has been playing non-stop since we got it. She's perfected "Taco Fiesta" and is working her way through her piano books. I've so enjoyed listening to her play and playing again myself.

 We had some good friends stay with us over SC's Homecoming weekend. They have a 5 yr old, a 3 yr old, and twin 7 mo olds! It was such a fun weekend!! Isaac thought he needed to test out one of the pack-n-plays. He told me he was a baby cow. Oooookay.

 Jacob and baby Isaac

 Anna & baby Estella

 Waiting for the parade to start!

 I may or may not have even more baby fever now! ;)

 The big girls slept in Anna's room. Esther and Emma both ended up on the floor one night!

 Jacob was SO proud of himself for earning his jewel in AWANA! He's doing great in Sparks this year.

 We've been sitting with Scott and Amy at church...which means Anna and I get to fight over holding Ella! :)

 We also had my class's 10th year reunion Homecoming weekend. We had a huge turnout! It was a lot of fun catching up with everyone.

 Isaac always wants to sit in the back with Anna and Jacob. So, I switched things up and they're all 3 in the very back now. So far, so good. Anna is practicing buckling and unbuckling Isaac for me.

 Since our trip to Hawaii is less than 3 weeks away (squeal!!!!), the kids have been taking swimming lessons at the college. Isaac hasn't had any lessons, but he has no fear of the water. Bad combination! But he also doesn't like when he's made to go under water. After the first lesson, he told me over and over, "I no yike go under wawer!" The second lesson, he screamed the entire time he was in the water. Hopefully the next lesson will go a little more smoothly......

Since there is no lifeguard on duty, the teacher only lets Anna and Jacob in the pool at first, then it's Isaac's turn after they're done. Let's just say keeping Isaac occupied for 20 minutes, in his swimming suit, with an Olympic-sized pool to taunt him, is no easy task! So we walk around the pool and he has to stop at every ladder and lean down to touch the water.

I'll try to get some more pictures posted and get all the way caught up before Thanksgiving...

Pool Time Fun!

Our neighbors have a pool. I really don't know why we don't use it more than we do. But a couple weeks this summer, the kids and I would head over almost every day after naps and play until Daddy got home and then beg him to come in and play with us! :)

Jacob loves it as long as you're holding him and he doesn't get his head wet. Even though Daddy tried to convince him otherwise!

He really liked jumping off the ladder. And he had NO concept of "if I jump and nobody catches me I'll drown" so you had to keep a close eye on him!

Anna LOVED swimming. But she didn't really entertain herself (which made it hard to be alone with both of them--Jacob wanting to be held, Anna wanting to be played with...). But we had a lot of fun. I keep telling Aaron I really would like a pool the next place we live but I don't think I've convinced him yet.

Haunting moon one evening.

Pool Fun

Here's a video of the kids the first day we had the pool up. The water was freezing but they had a blast. I really didn't expect them to want in, so when I did let them get in they were fully clothed! Yes, Anna has a swimming suit (although it's getting a little small...hint, hint Binga! j/k!). And yes, I know she's got her shorts on backward! :) She slipped and got soaked, so she wanted her shirt off. Later, Jacob totally wiped out. I figured he'd be scared to get back in, but after less than a minute, he wanted back in!

My Montage 6/9/09

Fun Times

Well, it was still hot today but it was also windy so it was slightly bearable:) Anna and Jacob played really well together today (they really do most days but recently she's been irritating him more often which results in a lot of screaming). Anyway, they were being pretty quiet, so I went in to check on them and this is how I found them...

Anna was lounging on the Dora couch with her food and drink and Jacob was "talking" to Dora and Boots.

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I should have put the pool up a lot sooner, even though it's super hot...Anna loves it! And it gets us out of the house while Jacob's napping and he napped really good today. Go figure. After supper Daddy and Anna played while I cleaned up the kitchen and Jacob played in his exersaucer. Daddy was making waves and they moved Anna around, which she thought was the best!