A Bit of Catching Up

Sorry for no post yesterday...how's that for a "Wordless Wednesday", eh? :)

Anyhoo, the boys and I went down to Gramoo's for the day--but more on that later. First we have to go back to Monday.

Monday afternoon was E's piano/keyboard class. He did really well once again. While he was in class Dalton and I actually left the premises for a couple of errands. Couldn't be gone long, though. We only had 45 minutes and the last 5 minutes of class we're supposed to join E and hear about what they learned and how we can help them this next week.

Tuesday was my OB appointment in the morning and in the afternoon we had gymnastics. Again, everyone did well. We went to the free play area after class with Tabor and Holton for a bit. Tabor's a real sweetheart, she's cut out to be a big sis for sure. She was even helping Dalton with some climbing he couldn't quite manage on his own. Very sweet. I'm glad we're getting some extra time with them this summer.

Wednesday didn't start out the greatest day for me. I was just in a sour mood, I guess. I'm not sure why, though...just one of those days. Unfortunately it made me really cranky and impatient and I was definitely tougher on Easton and lost my patience with him more than he deserved. :( Luckily things got a lot better for me once we made it to Gramoo's.

A few days ago we noticed that Wednesday was forecasted to be about 88 degrees. That's almost do-able for my kids and swimming so we made plans! Unfortunately, forecasts change and we were looking at low 80s instead. But, the boys were excited so I said we'd give it a try. First we went to my mom's and it was about 74. I wanted to hit the Gymboree sale so my mom offered to keep the kids while I shopped solo. Nice! I picked up lunch for everyone while I was out and brought it back to eat. Still it wasn't even 80 degrees but we couldn't wait all day so we got ready for the pool.

The boys didn't care about the chilly water a bit. They had a blast for longer than we thought. Dalton was shivering but kept denying he was cold or that he wanted to be all done. Easton could keep more of himself underwater than Dalton was comfortable with so E was fine for the most part. Easton can swim great underwater. And he can hold his breath for long periods of time so that he can swim longish distances...but the kid cannot stay above water if the water is too deep. However, he thinks he can and at first wanted to be in the big pool without his life jacket. I wouldn't let that last long because he would sink to the bottom, push off and come up for a breath before sinking down again. He looked like he was having the time of his life but Mama wasn't loving that so much so he got life jacketed and swam all around with that like he likes. Dalton even got to try out his life jacket for the first time but it didn't go as great. It tips him forward too much, unfortunately. We switched to some floaties and that was better but still not great. If I'd let go of him he'd shout, "Help! Help me!" even though he was fine. :) Luckily Easton wanted to get the life jacket off so he asked if we could go to the (warmer) baby pool instead and that's where we spent the rest of our time.

I'd left my camera in my purse in the car so I have nothing to show you. But the boys had fun and wore themsevles O-U-T:


In fact, I tried to stop at Kohl's to use a coupon but Easton could not wake up to go in. So we got back in the car to head home and yet again, he wouldn't wake up. I just left him snoozing in the well-ventilated car in the garage and kept checking on him. He slept until Jason got home and we left to go out to use our TGIFriday's BOGO and he finally woke up a little once we got there. However he was so subdued and snuggly and cuddled on my lap quietly till the food arrived. It was so nice...helped make up for how bad I was feeling about my mood earlier in the day.

Today has been an answer to prayer as far as my patience level goes. Hooray! In the morning Easton asked if we could eat breakfast outside. I agreed so we did that and then the boys played out there for awhile while I started a load of laundry and cleaned out the freezer among other things.

We got ready to head out for the library and ended up staying for Circle Time before heading to Wal-Mart where both boys behaved really well. I'm sure my better mood has a lot to do with their good behavior as well.


Dalton's being a faker:


This afternoon we've got a bit more shopping to do...gonna try to check out the Gymboree near us for any things they might not have had a the one by Moosie. And that's about it for now.