Swimming and Tater tots

Today was Gideon's first swimming lesson, and he was very excited to be there. He smiled the entire time (except when he got water in his eyes, he hates that). Here he is getting ready to practice kicking.




After kicking, he did some laps with the swim bars. He was so proud after one that he jumped out, ran over to me, pulled my hands apart, gave me a high five, then ran back over and jumped back in. Here is some video of him smiling and swimming with a little help:

After that lap he jumped out, ran over, hugged me, and said "I love you, Dad" in his best cool voice, then ran back again. I think he had a great time.

On the way home we had a thrilling recap of his love for tater tots as we passed Sonic.
G: I really love tater tots. They ARE my favorite thing ever. I wish there was a whole city of tater tots. I would eat it all up. I would eat the whole world. The buildings and everything.
J: The people would have nowhere to live then? They would scream and run, yelling no, don't eat our houses giant Gideon! But you would be like, "Nom Nom Nom!"
G: I would just eat the houses and things too.
J: what about the people? Would you turn them into tater tots too?
G: yeah, I would eat everyone except Mommy and Daddy. Sylvie and I would eat them. And we would eat Mommy and Daddy too actually.
J: oh no! Then we would have to fight you. We would make giant ketchup guns to shoot you!
G: well, my guns would have cheese and mustard in them to shoot you with!!!

At this point I just have him a high five for awesomeness.

Swimming and Tater tots

Today was Gideon's first swimming lesson, and he was very excited to be there. He smiled the entire time (except when he got water in his eyes, he hates that). Here he is getting ready to practice kicking.




After kicking, he did some laps with the swim bars. He was so proud after one that he jumped out, ran over to me, pulled my hands apart, gave me a high five, then ran back over and jumped back in. Here is some video of him smiling and swimming with a little help:

After that lap he jumped out, ran over, hugged me, and said "I love you, Dad" in his best cool voice, then ran back again. I think he had a great time.

On the way home we had a thrilling recap of his love for tater tots as we passed Sonic.
G: I really love tater tots. They ARE my favorite thing ever. I wish there was a whole city of tater tots. I would eat it all up. I would eat the whole world. The buildings and everything.
J: The people would have nowhere to live then? They would scream and run, yelling no, don't eat our houses giant Gideon! But you would be like, "Nom Nom Nom!"
G: I would just eat the houses and things too.
J: what about the people? Would you turn them into tater tots too?
G: yeah, I would eat everyone except Mommy and Daddy. Sylvie and I would eat them. And we would eat Mommy and Daddy too actually.
J: oh no! Then we would have to fight you. We would make giant ketchup guns to shoot you!
G: well, my guns would have cheese and mustard in them to shoot you with!!!

At this point I just have him a high five for awesomeness.

Nap time

G- Mommy can we take a nap together in Sissy's new bed.




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Great day for a tea party.

Hats required!


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A typical night!

When it comes to being a dad, my husband is the best. I love this picture.




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Easter Party

Today was such a great day! I love holidays and I love holiday parties. Let's be honest I love parties, if I was to chose a career it would be an event planner. I may choose that when I grow up :-).

Anyway back to the party, this year the group was smaller due to friends moving and preschool schedules, but it was a total blast! The kids are getting older too so it seems like there is more time to visit with friends than to chase kids. I was scared it was going to rain but thankfully it didn't ! It turned out to be the perfect day!

I realize every day my kids are growing up and I want them to have the best memories. I know I do!

Last year!





This year!

5 years

Yesterday marked the death of a very special person to us. My husband called her Mom, I called her Pat and my children refer to her to as Meme.
I can't say I knew her for years in fact I didn't even know her long at all. In less than a year of meeting her I was helping care for her, Cancer is such a horrible disease and when it struck her it struck hard. It had no compassion and no delay. She went from being vibrant to being exhausted, from strong to weak all in less than six months.
She found out about the disease on Thanksgiving and by New Years she needed almost 24/7 care. This week I have pondered a lot of the advice she gave me or the things she said the last couple weeks when due to the medicine she would be awake all hours of the night.and they bring a smile to my face.
She will always be special to me because she raised a wonderful person who I call my husband.
Rest in Peace, Pat.

Christmas Shopping in March

Our children received several gift cards for gifts at Christmas this year and we decided to hold off on spending them till there was something they needed. G has outgrown his bike so we went bike shopping last night. There were two bikes he narrowed it down to the bumble bee and the hot wheels. He was so cute the whole time he kept asking me and Josh which one we liked best. The hot wheels one won out due to the fact it had cool hand breaks.




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Sylvie spent her money on a new pink bug! She was super cute about it every time we put her down she ran straight back to the aisle. She is still a little bit too little but it will be ready for her when she is ready!




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Five Wonderful, Perfect Years

Dated for 7 months, engaged for 3 months, married for five years, two children. There has never been a single time I have regretted a moment of it. I guess that is what happens when you make the perfect decision. Life ends up perfect.




- this is was the first picture taken of us! And still my favorite.

Happy Anniversary to the love of my life!