Swim Lessons

Elliot started swim lessons for the 4th summer in a row. All the past years have pretty much been a waste, and I wasn't sure if this year would be any different. But it was! She finally did it. She definitely needs more practice, but the skill is there. I'm so proud of her & how hard she worked.  I chose to put her in private lessons so she could have undivided attention. I feel that helped a lot. Her teacher worked her hard. Lessons were 1 hour long. We finally got her to put her face in the water which of course helped her improve. I think her biggest hang up is still fear. Just taking that leap to push off the wall & start swimming. In fact, Elliot was the biggest procrastinator ever! Her teacher would ask her to swim to her & Elliot would ask a question or tell her about something. Anything to keep her from going. Her teacher finally started taking Elliot to the middle of the pool & having her swim to the wall. That way she wasn't able to make excuses. Here are a couple of pictures. I didn't get any pictures of her actually swimming because I was taking video.

Preschool Graduate

Elliot had a wonderful year at preschool. She learned so much and made lots of friends. I'm so glad she went. Her teachers were so loving and I couldn't have asked for more. Here are some pics from her graduation.

 Singing Jesus Loves Me.

 Accepting her diploma.

 

 Her teachers, Miss Jessica & Miss Jess

Elliot's little friend, Isabel

 

 



Princess Encounter

A local high school had the brilliant idea to host a Princess Tea Party as their fundraiser. It was absolutely wonderful. Elliot & Arden both went as Cinderella. They were so cute! They went around the room meeting all the princesses, getting their autographs and pictures. Then, they ate treats with juice while being entertained. The princesses got up and sang songs from their movies. After that, they had their face painted & made necklaces. Everything was really well put together.

Arden & Elliot

 Christoff, Anna & Elsa

 Rapunzel & Flynn Ryder

 Belle & the Beast

 Aurora

Prince Charming & Cinderella

 Making necklaces

Face painting. Why is her flower on her forehead you ask? Because she originally wanted it on her eye. What the what?!

 Group pictures

 



Perry at 15 Months

 

Weight: 20 lbs 5 oz---26%

Height: 31.25 inches---62%

Head: 17.81 inches--33%

 

Perry is doing great these days. She is very independent which is AWESOME for me. She will sometimes go off into her bedroom & play in there for a while. She refuses to wear bows which is a shame. I have to catch her when she's not paying attention & slip one in her hair. She'll keep it in 10% of the time. She has 7 teeth right now. I think she's about to get her molars in which will help her out a lot in the eating department. She loves bring books to us to read to her. She'll back herself up onto our laps. So cute. Our big challenge with Perry right now is that she started climbing. It is such a pain! She is constantly pulling chairs out & getting onto them & then climbing up onto the table! It's maddening. Other than that she is awesome!

 



Easter Weekend

On Saturday we went to our neighborhood egg hunt. It was just my style. No crazy amounts of people, food, Easter bunny, egg hunt & train ride. There are not a lot of people in our neighborhood with kids, so it's mostly just grandkids that come.

That night, we did our annual Easter egg dye party. The kids loved it. And  now that I think of it, I need to start eating all of those eggs!

Easter Day Photos

Easter baskets & family egg hunt. We just hid them inside the house.

 Egg hunt at Grammy & Poppy's

It was raining when we got home, so I threw caution to the wind & let the kids play in the rain. It was perfect timing. Baths were next on our list.