A Day At The Pool...Rosebud View

 Welcome to my pool!  My brother Little Monkey Man calls it "Nemo Fish Pool" but I call is "EEEKKKK".  I see the water and screech.  I can't wait to get in and splash.  There are several fountains and two slides that say "ages 2-4".  Guess what.  I'm bored on them already.  But this is the pool I spend most of my time in.

 Sometimes I wear  bathing suit...

...sometimes I don't.  Depends on what my mama feels like.  I could care less either way as long as I have my Bummis swim diaper on.  There is a rule at my pool that my un-potty trained peers must have a swim diaper on.  Guess what?  Nearly half the kids here have regular diapers on.  It is so gross.  They get all saggy and then the gel starts to seep out when their mamas pull them out of the water.  SICK.  

 Once an hour there is a fifteen minute break.  I hate break.  It means I have to get out of the water and...sit.  I don't sit.  But the splash pad stays open and I like to play there too.

 When daddy goes to the pool with me, he takes me into the big kid pool.  Now that is a party!

 This people, is a real slide.

 Here...

I....

Go!  Often I end up face first at the bottom and that really makes me laugh.  It makes the lifeguards nervous.  Actually I make the lifeguards nervous overall.  My favorite trick in the "Nemo Fish Pool" is to float face down, arms and legs out.  And then I stand up and laugh.  And they hate it.  So does my mama.  

In the end, I am exhausted.  We usually only go to our pool for 1 or maybe 2 hours at a time.  But man, that is a lot of work for a little lady.  

Stay tuned, my brothers will give you their takes on the pool.  

First Day of Kindergarten

 Well, the day we knew was coming came.  Snug started kindergarten.  Hard to believe.

 He was very excited to go, and it was hard to stand still and get pictures.  He just wanted to BE there.

 I printed this "First Day of Kindergarten" paper from a post I saw here.  I actually was routed from that post to "How Does She?" and then got the free printable.  I can print one for each grade, each year.  I thought it was a nice way to keep track of exactly which first day of school was pictured.

He did NOT want to wear the new outfit that I had picked out for him.  He said it looked like he was going to church and he was going to kindergarten.  Ok then.  He chose an ensemble of hand-me-downs that I approved and he was ready to go.  I was pretty teary, but walked behind a very confident him so he didn't even realize.

His favorite part of the day?  Recess.  Followed closely by lunch.  He got his new lunchbox from a good friend for his birthday.  He loves it.

Goodbye

Goodbye Summer.  

We had a lot of fun this year.  

I'll miss you.

*Draycare started back today so even though summer is still officially here...it is over for us.  

Because...

 Because our summer is quickly coming to an end.

 Because next spring her little feet should easily reach the pedals.  (This picture is very deceiving...she isn't anywhere near being able to use this trike as it appears!)

 Because I can't believe how much he is growing and how fast he is changing.  I swear his vocabulary doubles weekly!

 Because he starts kindergarten this week.

Because sometimes they all sit nicely together and get their picture taken (despite dirty faces).

Sometimes I take pictures just because.

**Help help fellow Blogger users.  I can't upload the last picture in this post to be my header picture.  It says I have used up all my upload space and need to pay them $5 to upload anymore...but I can upload pictures just fine to the blog.  What gives?

Police Softball

 The Sterling Heights tournament is always fun.  The fields are shady and bathrooms close.  As a mama those things are important!  My family is close enough to stay with and then make the drive daily to the fields.  I looked back at last year's post and I was shocked at how BIG my kids have gotten this year.  This is Snug showing off his new handcuffs.  He had to show "the guys".

 This is a favorite tournament also because the purpose of it is to remember fallen officers and their families.  Several families were present this year who have lost an officer since last year's tournament.  It is always very humbling to stand during the ceremony and hear all the names read.  I get choked up when a child of a fallen officer is chosen to throw the first pitch to start the tournament.  You always pray your child isn't throwing the ball next year.

 While in Michigan we also celebrated Snug's birthday.  Along with handcuffs he got a new quilt for his bed.  My mom made it and he loves it. Something must have been on my lens, and I didn't realize it.

This picture has nothing to do with anything (besides the fact that Rosebud wears the handcuff keys on a pink string around her neck).  She just loves the camera.  (Panda ears from Grandmommy's vacation Bible school).