Sweet big cousin

I copied this picture from Brittany's blog; it's a great picture of Henry.  He is such a sweet, tender boy under all the rough and tumble.  Love him.

Pool days...

We spent a LOT of time at the pool this summer, but the season is almost coming to an end.  I wasn't able to take many pictures, because I am always in the water with them Lily is a terrific swimmer.  No swim lessons this year, but just practice, practice, practice.  She can dive for things off the bottom of the pool, do summersaults in the water, jump from the edge and swim to the side or steps, and swim back and forth to Andrew or I.  She rarely uses this floatie, in fact, this is Henry's preferred floatation device!!

Instead of the pink innertube, which Henry prefers, I tried the water wings on him toward the end of the summer.  They make him a little nervous, and he swallows more water, but he can move around a little easier in them. 

A couple shots at snack time...

Cute kiddos.  Money well spent this year.  We were here LOTS!!

Andrew's Olympic Tri

Andrew and his buddy Dave Elsworth did another triathlon this summer.  This was an olympic distance in Columbus, GA.  We all went over the night before and stayed in a hotel (kids and moms in one room, dads in another...won't do that again...).  MeMe and Poppa (Andrew's parents) came to watch Andrew as well!  The kids had so much fun sleeping in the hotel and it was actually better than I had anticipated, but not much sleep for the mamas.

Here are the boys before the race started.  They swam down the Chattahoochie river.

 Andrew, starting his swim.

 Coming out of the swim, heading to his bike and giving Lily a high five!

Emily and I bought these cute tri shirts for the kids and put our names on the back.  The guys had a great cheering section!!

Had some time to kill while the boys biked, so we packed up and headed to McDonald's. 

 The guys after the race.  They both had great times and did great!!  We are so proud of them!!

Hello??

Henry is talking so much it's crazy!  He even has conversations with...his foot!  Yes, he will sit there with his foot to his ear and say: hello?  hi foot?  how are you?  ok.  goodbye. 

Sooo cute!!

1st day of school

We have started back to school already!  Yay!!! 

Lily loves school, but 5 mornings a week (9-12) is going to be an adjustment...for all of us!  No more middle of the week trips to Atlanta!  :(  But she's definitely ready for it!   She's already wanting me to help her write letters, she wants to learn how to read...it's going to be a fun and exciting year for her!!  She was pretty stoked because she got to be "line leader" for the first week.  Score!!!

Verrrrry excited!!

I put Henry in the 2 year old class, two mornings a week, at the same church.  (Vineville Baptist)  We have been really happy with their school while Lily has been there and thought he might enjoy it too.  So far, my sweet boy is quite resistent to change and it's been a little rough...but I know he'll adjust.  It took him months before he wouldn't cry at the gym or church.  Par for the course for this little guy.  I think once he gets over that, he will have tons of fun playing and learning and doing fun crafts.  And he's already loved by all the staff since they all adore his big sister!  He's got it made!!  :)

Henry's OCD has begun...

Henry plays pretty well by himself; much better than his sister ever did.  One evening before bed, we found him lining up shoes at the bottom of the stairs...

Then he put them all around him, sat in the middle and drank some milk.  He sat there quite content for a while!  Ha! I should also mention, this boy loves some milk! 

Lily went through an OCD phase too.  I was worried when she was in it...now I know it's just a phase so I can laugh about it.  Lily was very particular about how her room looked before she went to bed at night.  She needed things in a certain order or else she said it "bothered her".  Phew!  I'm glad that's over.