Sun Fun, ER, Family and a Growing Moment

With all the recent warm weather we’ve been trying to get out and play as much as possible. Oh, all our home chores and projects are staring at us in every room of the house or inch of the yard but all that work can wait while we play and enjoy the sun.We have had the sprinkler up and running almost every day for over a week and a couple extra kids here and there as well. Cole and Jo are having a blast being out in the sun getting wet and muddy and then wet again.

Dusted off the bikes and tag-alongs (a photo of the tag-alongs is on the March 2006 link to your right) and we have had a couple long bike rides with the kids. Jill has taken us on a rout that has a small hill which gives me a break on peddling and forcing fresh O2 into my lungs which at that point into the ride is helpful to put out the fire burning in my chest. Though I know Cole enjoys the hill too Jo makes sure everyone knows she's enjoying the hill by saying weeeeeeee and or just laughing the whole way down.

I took Cole on his first solo ride the other day, learning the bike path rules and etiquette. He was a little slow peddling at first and very tentative on the path but when we hit the half way point his confidence picked up with the rules and his speed. “On your left” is not said often enough with folks out there but I kept my eye out and gave him heads up when I could. He got lots of kudos from walkers and biker out on the path and thanked me for taking him. Ready to do it again!



Cole took a header into the curb, he was running on the way to the pool. Well he didn’t make it to the pool that day but he did get lots of cuddle time with Oma on the couch. Two hours later his head was still bleeding some so Oma took him to the ER to have his head glued shut. If it hadn’t been in the hairline we could have flied it shut but nothing we tried at home worked. He came home with super hero stickers…so he was happy.




Jill’s sister Lisa came down for a couple days with her sons, Holden and Skylar. We went swimming (not Cole…paragraph above), played some video games, did a little BBQ and just hung out with each other. It was a good time and hope to do it again sooner rather than later. A Growing Moment:
The kids just finished up with their repeat swim class of the Slick Seals. They have both been great and sure look forward to getting into the water twice a week. Cole no longer sinks like a rock and they both have gotten better arm strokes now. They received a completion paper at the end of lessons stating which class they may sign up for next. Cole will be doing another Slick Seal class while Jo graduated to Willy Walrus! She is very excited when I read her paper, jumping up and down, clapping her hands and saying “yeah…yeah!” Cole said he was a little sad that he didn’t get to move along with Jo. Their first separation has come. He gave Jo a hug and said “good job” with the best smile he could muster. But boy does he “get it” that she is doing something better then he is. They are both happy yet sad. Bound to happen sooner or later.