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June 5 |
My cousin Brenda, her husband Troy and three youngest kids (Robert, Thomas and Joe) drove from Idaho to visit church history with sites in the Midwest, arriving Sunday afternoon. My parents hosted all of us for dinner, then the Nielsen's stayed at their place overnight. Elliott was our most outgoing kid and the most eager to make new friends. Will and Tony played some songs on the piano, and Lauren kept busy playing with Memaw's toy animals. It was fun to visit with the Nielsens.
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June 6 |
Elliott is now pulling himself up and getting into, well, everything. It is especially distressing to Lauren when he gets into her toys. He is so pleased with himself it is hard to get to frustrated with him though.
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June 7 |
I was sitting at the pool talking with a friend Tuesday afternoon when she said, "I think Will is in line for the diving board." My immediate thought was "Not my Will," and I looked over to the side of the pool where he practices jumping in and swimming with his friends. He wasn't there. I looked over at the diving board and there he was. Before I could there he was jumping into the water! I was shocked! Will has always been fairly timid in the water and I figured it would be a year or two before he would want to jump off. When I talked to Will about it after he said he had been practicing jumping in on the side (in the 4 feet) and treading water so he felt he was ready. I wish he had told me he was going to jump before (I missed his first jump) but am really proud of him for working hard and learning new skills.
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June 8 |
We had an epic water balloon fight with our neighbors Wednesday afternoon. Will and Lauren love going across the street to play.
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June 9 |
It was a hot week and we spent a lot of time at the pool. This is Lauren's favorite spot at the pool. It's the first place she jumps in most days. Then she jumps in over and over.
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June 10 |
This week the kids went to a Vacation Bible School. I went to a few VBS' when I was a kid and enjoyed them, so when I saw that several of Will's kindergarten friends and siblings were going (via the OP-C Mom's facebook page) I decided to sign Will and Lauren up too. They seemed to enjoy it. They had bible-based lessons, learned a few new songs and played "P.E. Style" games. This photo is from the program the church hosted at the end of the week. Both kids really liked the songs and have been singing them ever since.
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June 11 |
Elliott is 10 months old! He's such a delightful baby. When I was looking at these pictures I couldn't believe how blonde his hair has gotten or how much he looks like Anthony. We have been spending a fair amount of time outside lately, but both Will and Lauren's hair lightened up around this age too, so I guess that's not too surprising.
1 comment:
Haha, Elliott's got a nice farmer's tan!
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