Life continues to be busy around here! :-) Here are a few pictures and videos from recent happenings:
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| Chloe began swim lessons at Swim America a couple weeks ago. They have a heated, indoor pool and teach lessons to all ages. Chloe loves to swim, and we're hoping that these lessons throughout the Winter and Spring will help make her even more pool-safe in time for Summer. |
A short clip of Chloe swimming. The parents have to sit behind glass windows:
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| Cousin Susannah spent the night at our house several days ago, and one fun thing we did was take the kids to Jamba Juice ("thank you" to Sarah's parents for the gift cards!) and then play at the park. |
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| Silly Susie and Chloe! |
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| James still LOVES airplanes. Sarah tries to spend one-on-one time with one of the kids every weekend (if we're not too busy!), so this past Saturday, Sarah and James went on a bike ride out to the University Airport. They talked for a while, watched a plane take off, and just enjoyed looking at all the different planes together. James was so thrilled! :-) |
Frosty and Monte are doing so well together. They truly love each other! It's so cute to see them play, cuddle, wrestle, and act like brothers! They even get jealous when the other one gets attention from any person in the family. ;-)
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| They can NEVER get enough cuddles!!! |
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| Poor Monte! He had his "man surgery" the other day (that's why he has the silly collar on). |
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| More cuddles! |
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| Ben thought he'd leave both dogs out of their crates the other day, when he left for work (Sarah was already gone). When Sarah returned home, less than an hour later, the window seat cushion was missing and pillows were scattered about. Hmmmm.... |
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| THIS is what happened to the window seat pad!!!! Yikes! The dogs had had a little, naughty adventure! Thus, they have not earned the privilege to both be let out of their crates while we're gone (Monte is trustworthy by himself... Frosty is not.) |
The naughty boys were back at the pad before Sarah could clean it up:
Joshua decided to put a stack of his old school papers to work yesterday. He made a marble track, entirely out of old homework!
By the end of the day, Josh had expanded the track and made it even more elaborate! We were very impressed:
Wow! A lot went on in the family since we visited on Saturday! Sweet pictures, interesting video...I am especially intrigued by Josh's "marble works." He is so clever!
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Gramma
Joshua is awesome! What creativity! And boldness to try new things! I am so proud!
ReplyDeleteJames: He reminds me of me at that age. BTW, we've DVR'd about 5 or 6 episodes of "Flying Alaska", the most recent of which brought back a lot of memories as they featured the teenage daughter soloing for the first time. Need to figure out a way for James to see these shows.
Andrew: I too was very impressed with Andrew's piano playing. Since I don't know anything about music, I don't know how to encourage that skill development other than keep up the lessons and expose him to more. Does the school ever do field trips to Mondavi?
Chloe: That video brings back memories too. The next generation of swimmers . . .!
Love to see the kids developing in so many ways and in so many directions. Thanks for posting these photos and videos.
Thanks, Mom and Dad! :-)
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Sarah
Thanks, too, Sarah & Ben, for keeping us "posted" on what the kids are doing. Grandpa and I are very impressed with all their activities and we're glad to be able to see some of their accomplishments. They're truly priceless!
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Grandma Elliott XXXXOOOO