Saturday, July 14, 2012
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Cousins in the pool
I never got a photo of the girls in the salt-water pool in Wildwood Crest. Loved this pool! But here is one with C1 with her cast on. S was napping or something. Babies. ;)
Monday, July 9, 2012
jeans
You have not seen C7 in jeans since before she was 2. After that time, she really decided she didn't like jeans. Here is one of the last photos of her in jeans, learning to walk in Montana. Yes, barefoot, as she still is.
But, look, she's wearing jeans!!!
But today, we went out and bought jeans. Not for any aesthetic reason, but because we needed them for the upcoming trip to the dude ranch in TN. You need to wear jeans to ride the horses. So, I managed to buy her a pair, and a cute shirt to go with it. Here is the absolute worst photos I could take of her as she attempts to unbutton and put a dress back on.
But, look, she's wearing jeans!!!
Saturday, July 7, 2012
July 6, 2012
Q6 passed her swim test -- she now can swim in the deep end of the pool! She got her swim band to prove it!
To get the swim band you need to swim the width of the pool back and forth (this is basically across 6 swim lanes. How wide is that?) then tread water for 30 seconds. Q failed the first time ( the lifeguard thought she had touched the bottom ) so she did it right again and passed. Yipee!
To get the swim band you need to swim the width of the pool back and forth (this is basically across 6 swim lanes. How wide is that?) then tread water for 30 seconds. Q failed the first time ( the lifeguard thought she had touched the bottom ) so she did it right again and passed. Yipee!
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Wildwoods
Vacation week at Wildwood Crest!
We were about a mile from the boardwalk in Wildwood, which was nice. Or should I say, thank goodness, because otherwise I'd have eaten Kohr's frozen custard at every single meal.
(note the blue lips below. Polish water ice)
I could just say the girls had fun. Not true. They had FUN!
Amusement parks, swimming in the pool, body surfing in the ocean, biking (OK, that was me having fun with that one), water park, Ocean City NJ for putt putt (We went to OC to visit friends, but once we got there we realized there was no mini-golf in the Wildwoods, but a mini-golf about every 15 feet in OC), ice cream, cousins, cousins, cousins.
Did I forget anything? Pictures. We forgot the camera. So we have a few pictures from the phone and M43 and ME66.
On the flying galleon!
On carousel (Q6 rode this 10 times in a a row. The operators stopped making her go around to get in line. They'd just grab her wrist and scan it.). Q6 has been cautious with rides, and won't try new potentially dangerous rides. So when we were in OC she went on the carousel ... but it was broken and went around twice, that's it, it was so slow. So eventually she tried the swings. And did them 4 times. Afterwards, she told me: "I tried to be scared, but I couldn't! I loved it!"
New beach cover ups on the older girls. Q6 looked at her dress and immediately loved C7's more but we convinced her that hers was great and that ha ha ha, she'd be getting C7's soon, anyway! She realized we were right and has worn it every day since. I described the dresses as C7's being daybreak, K8's as being moonrise, and Q6's as being a party. That helped, too.
They had fun. They spent by far the most time in the pool at the hotel. A lovely salt water pool. Ahh. Small, but warm and wonderful.
We were about a mile from the boardwalk in Wildwood, which was nice. Or should I say, thank goodness, because otherwise I'd have eaten Kohr's frozen custard at every single meal.
(note the blue lips below. Polish water ice)
I could just say the girls had fun. Not true. They had FUN!
Amusement parks, swimming in the pool, body surfing in the ocean, biking (OK, that was me having fun with that one), water park, Ocean City NJ for putt putt (We went to OC to visit friends, but once we got there we realized there was no mini-golf in the Wildwoods, but a mini-golf about every 15 feet in OC), ice cream, cousins, cousins, cousins.
Did I forget anything? Pictures. We forgot the camera. So we have a few pictures from the phone and M43 and ME66.
On the flying galleon!
On carousel (Q6 rode this 10 times in a a row. The operators stopped making her go around to get in line. They'd just grab her wrist and scan it.). Q6 has been cautious with rides, and won't try new potentially dangerous rides. So when we were in OC she went on the carousel ... but it was broken and went around twice, that's it, it was so slow. So eventually she tried the swings. And did them 4 times. Afterwards, she told me: "I tried to be scared, but I couldn't! I loved it!"
New beach cover ups on the older girls. Q6 looked at her dress and immediately loved C7's more but we convinced her that hers was great and that ha ha ha, she'd be getting C7's soon, anyway! She realized we were right and has worn it every day since. I described the dresses as C7's being daybreak, K8's as being moonrise, and Q6's as being a party. That helped, too.
The girls biked to the park a few times, biked with Pep, biked with me on the boardwalk. K8 and Q6 were biking too close together. Going North Q6 swerved, K8 swerved to avoid her and hit a baby carriage. All were fine, baby surprised, but not hurt. But then, going South on the boardwalk ... we hit the SAME FAMILY again. Ridiculous.
Boogie boarding ... I think they all loved this, I only saw this a few times because M43 and MM took them to do this and generously shared their boogie boards.
They had fun. They spent by far the most time in the pool at the hotel. A lovely salt water pool. Ahh. Small, but warm and wonderful.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Fireflies
C7 has asked me every night on the way home from the pool if she could stay up and catch fireflies. Tonight I finally said yes, because we were out at the pool late because of the swim-a-thon (C7 did 10 laps as she'd planned), and Q6 had had a nap this afternoon, so she was OK to be up later. And C43 wasn't home yet from his trip. So I figured C7 could stay up and catch him come home, too.
It doesn't look so very dark out in the photos ... actually, it wasn't. But the lightening bugs were just coming out enough that we could catch them.
We'd catch and release, catch and release. Good for a half hour of fun!
It doesn't look so very dark out in the photos ... actually, it wasn't. But the lightening bugs were just coming out enough that we could catch them.
We'd catch and release, catch and release. Good for a half hour of fun!
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Shirley Temples
Q6 requested Shirley Temples ... So, I made them. she pounded hers, and then asked C7 for hers. Since C7 didn't like hers, she handed it over.
First she started by being silly (and, yes, that is a skirt she's wearing for a top)
Then she got down to the real drinking. Shirley Temples are strong. She looks depressed and flushed. Like she'd been drinking the real stuff.
And like a girl at a bar. Yikes.
I think she's actually just concentrating on holding the glass so she doesn't spill it (again).
First she started by being silly (and, yes, that is a skirt she's wearing for a top)
Then she got down to the real drinking. Shirley Temples are strong. She looks depressed and flushed. Like she'd been drinking the real stuff.
And like a girl at a bar. Yikes.
I think she's actually just concentrating on holding the glass so she doesn't spill it (again).
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