And They Can Swim

If you live anywhere near Camp Nickajack I highly recommend it!! Even if you have to drive a little it is awesome! You can pretty much be guaranteed they will be swimming by the end of the week. As a matter of fact - they were jumping off the diving board on day 2! Amazing.

Mr Bert (Hannah and Justus' teacher) has been doing this for many years and is fantastic!

On Friday (the last day of the swim lessons) they do a little "swim show" for all the parents. It is the first time the parents get to even see the pool.

I suppose, so they don't have to remember so many real names, they give everyone nicknames. Remembering 12 nicknames is probably easier that remembering 36 real names. SO, Hannah was Mermaid and Justus was Shark. The kids think it is great and LOVE having Mr Bert call them their nicknames.

One night I said to Justus "Good Night my little shark" and he laughed and he said "I'm not shark. Mr Bert is not here!" Hilarious!

On the first day Chris asked Hannah in a very surprised voice "YOU put your face IN the water?" She looked at him with big eyes and said "We Have To!" I can't get over it. SO funny!

Notice in this one they are jumping off the diving board in 9 feet of water.
Hannah is better than I ever thought she would be this summer. It is amazing!



Did you see how Justus was "jumping" waiting for Mr Bert to tell him to go? Justus never went before he was told to, but he always was jumping anxiously waiting for his turn. It was hilarious!



Here they are jumping into 5 feet deep water where neither can touch. Mr Bert liked how Hannah would jump out so much. One of Justus' things that we have to work on is that he wants to jump in vertically not horizontally.

Please also note the jig Justus does waiting for his turn. Makes me laugh every time.

Cheeeeeese!

This may explain why Justus looks the way he does in some of our pictures....

JUMP!

Justus is trying to learn to jump.
It is cute and hilarious and I can't help but laugh.
Check him out!

Exciting Things Happen Part 1

Remember the last program that Hannah had?
Remember how I told you she started crying after the first 3 words in the first song and never got back on stage?

Well, She did the WHOLE thing on Tuesday night with her Christmas program. It was great!

Since I work at the day school I have a couple of advantages. First, I get to see practice. Second, I get to sit really really close!

Here she is at practice waiting for her class' turn on stage. She was very excited!

Once they were on stage I was a little nervous since she was right smack in the middle but she loved it and did great!

After watching the videos (yes, that is plural!) you may understand but after practice they decided that those reindeer antlers were a little too top heavy and they quickly made some paper antlers for them to wear at the actual program.

Here is Hannah Tuesday Night with her whole outfit on (didn't they make cute sweatshirts to wear!) waiting for her class' turn to get on stage and sing their songs. She was excited.Each class sang 2 songs and then all classes got up together at the end and sang 1 song together. Because of some technical difficulties and my absent-mindedness I don't have the video available to put on here from the actual program for all 3 songs but you will get the gist of it.

This is the first song they sang (Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer) from the actual program at night. I love how she is so serious and a little apprehensive until she spots her Daddy and then she decides she can get in to it.


This is the second song they sang (3 Brown and Tan Reindeer) from practice. She was loving it. My favorite it when she does the hand motions for cold and shakes her whole body. It cracks me up.

This is the last song they sang (We Wish You a Merry Christmas) with the whole group from practice. Added bonus here is that she was behind Reese so I got a video of both of them! Everyone was so cute. The first group were elves, the second group were Christmas trees, the third group (my class) were snowmen, the fourth group (Hannah's class) were reindeer, and the last group were bells. It was so sweet.

We decided to make it a "Hannah Night" and let "Aunt" Stephanie play with Justus at home while we went to her program. Afterwards we went to McDonalds and got her an ice cream cone. She thought she was big stuff. It was so cute. We are very proud.

Time For A Giggle

How long since you have heard our Sweet Boy giggle?
Too Long?
Well, check this out.



Sorry it is so dark we were sneaking up on them to get it on video. Reese is the other little girl there at the end trying to get Justus to laugh just a little more.... They are so funny!

Time For A Song

It has been way too long since you have heard a song from our Baby Girl.....
She definitely loves to sing.

Heee Haw

I promise this is the last of the Halloween posts for this year.
Really!

We had a Cowgirl, so of course, we had to teach her Hee Haw!

Growing Boy

Can you believe that I forgot to blog about our 1 year doc appt with Justus?

He is very healthy! And the Dr said he was doing great. I am a little worried that he is not saying more words right now but the Dr was not worried. She said he may be on the low side of the # of words he is saying but he is ahead in his physical abilities and that can be very normal for a boy.

He is 24 pounds - in the 70%
He is 31.25 inches - in the 90%
His head is 49 cm - >95% (off the charts big!)

We were very pleased!

What a big boy. He is growing up so so fast!

Do You Think He Likes It?

This past weekend Justus tried some spaghetti o's canned spaghetti. He liked it.He then got word that Mommy made spaghetti some times. He also got word that on 12/20/07 it was documented that his sister liked spaghetti. It was also documented on 07/18/08 and on 03/31/09. He felt he needed to try some real spaghetti after that!

This is how the meal started.

This is in the middle of the meal.

This is the end of the meal.
(He had to make sure he sucked down that very last bit.)

I think I have a WHOLE family who loves spaghetti!

Look What I Can Do.

On my 11 Month Birthday!

Something's Different

Noticing anything different about our sweet boy?Anything about these pictures seem kinda strange?


Yes, he is wearing shoes. I think this was the 4th time he had worn them.
He is wearing them because he is doing this ..........................




....... more and more and more and more.
What Fun!

Learning Technology & Ps 106:1

July 4th in NC

AND Finally, the best for last, Hannah loved the closet doors at the beach with nothing but mirrors on it. The mirrors helped her "make different Hannahs."

Check it out.

Hannah Gets Giggles

Mommy & Daddy Get Giggles

No Stoppin' Her

((Sorry about the dark spots and Sorry about turning the camera.))

Our Sunday Video

Hannah was "reading" this book to Justus.
Of course, reading really means singing a book to him.
She just sings whatever she sees on the pages.

Check it out.

I'm Standing In The Need Of Prayer

It's Me Oh Lord!

The Lord's Army

Justus 2 Month Update

Justus went to get his 2 month shots today!!
If he is anything like Hannah, that means he will sleep all day and all night!

Weight: 11lbs 5 oz - in the 50%
Height: 24.5 inches - in the 95%
Head Cir: 41 cm - in the 75%

She said he was doing GREAT! YAYAYAYAYAY!
(We all fight for his attention)