spring time sniffles...

i'm counting down the days till the last day of school in hopes that we will indeed hit our last batch of colds, coughs, and fevers. it's funny cause in the last three rounds i keep thinking in my head "surely this has to be the end". i'm completely going off of what people tell me in my belief that it's the first year that they are in schools and such and then it gets better from there cause they have built up immunities.....

so, fingers crossed people!


i spent most of thursday and friday catching up on house work. it amazes me how much laundry there is to do when you get home from a little vacation.
and so yesterday i wanted to find something fun and outdoorsy to do. after much discussion and talk we ended up heading over to nana and papas house for the first real swim of the season. levi whined the whole way there saying things like "maybe i don't like swimming". but wouldn't you know it was mere moments after he got in that he realized that "maybe i do like swimming" and spent a good 3 hours plus in the pool with either me or my dad.
alivia, on the other hand reminded me much of levi at the beginning of last year. clinging to the side and grabbing on to me for dear life when i took her out to the middle of the pool. which gave me another great idea for the summer. i keep adding things to the list of activities.... gymnastics and soccer, a few museums, and a few theme parks.... and now i have decided that they will also be having a swimming instructor coming to the house and getting official swim lessons (which to live in florida, shame on me for waiting till now).

nataley faye proved to be a little fishy or in the words of alivia a "mermaid".... kicking, splashing and laughing away. she loves her big sissy and was reaching and kicking toward her way and spent a good deal of time sitting on the stairs with her. us gals got out before levi and papa were ready and were able to sneak in a little nap (myself included). there is nothing better in the world then what i like to call "sunshine" naps.
when you have spent all morning in the sun swimming, beaching or whatever and then go inside and take a good nap and you feel totally refreshed when you wake up.
i love em!



so, while the evening i had last night might have appeared a bit overwhelming....
with three sun baked, over tired, pre cold, cough and fever children. the relaxing day was well worth the exhausting night.