Ten for Tuesday

1. On the way to school today, Reese told me to take Chino Avenue instead of the way we always take.








2. Garrett saw a FedEx truck today and said, "That's the truck that brought Reese's new car seat".








3. Went to Starbucks today and got my decaf-iced vanilla latte (yummy) and a chocolate milk for Reese.








4. Went to lunch with my friends from work (my old work) at Applebee's. My old job-share partner is expecting her little girl in June so we gave her presents for her new little one.







5. The kids had swim lessons again today instead of Thursday. Reese is pretty much over her fear and is doing quite well. Garrett did awesome again!







6. Did I mention what happened to Reese last week while swimming? After lessons, she went into the spa and forgot that it was not the pool with the "kiddy" step. She stepped into the middle of the spa and frantically kicked her arms and legs to get above the water. I had to jump in and pull her up. She had her hand on the step the whole time but just panicked.







7. Brooke had beets today for the first time and her new love are the Gerber fruit puffs.






8. Garrett wants a T.V. in his room and we keep telling him no. This weekend he decided to draw a T.V. and tape it to his wall. Then he made a remote with the numbers 0-9. Now he says he can watch T.V. in his room.





9. Garrett scored 3 goals on Saturday which was his last game of spring soccer.

10. Today was another hot day! The next two days are suppose to cool off and then heat up once again.

She's on the move!

Today, we were playing on the ground and Brooke noticed a sticker. She was determined to get the sticker and she began to scoot. She only did it a few times but she definitely scooted. I moved the sticker to see if she would scoot further but when she noticed how far it was she got really mad and just started crying. I think she's going to be just like her sister in that respect. She'll only scoot when she wants to do it. Oh, well...what do you do?

Swim Day!

Today the kids had swim lessons. Reese is getting over her fear. Yes, you heard me, Reese had a fear of swimming this year and Garrett did not. She did well today and is even starting to use her arms.

You can see her trying to use her arms...go, Reese, go!

Garrett is learning to use his arms much more and to swim on his back. This year there is no fear or negotiating going on. In fact, he can't wait to go swimming and I have heard him ask if he can do more things in the pool before he gets out.

Here he is using his arms and taking a breath.

Here's our little swimmer!

After swim lessons, the kids wanted to stay and swim some more at their friends' house. Garrett was jumping off the waterfall and swimming to the big kiddy step. Reese and her friend Jordyn were playing and splashing on the kiddy step. Towards the end of the day, Garrett was swimming on his back. The kids will be exhausted tonight, go to bed early and sleep like babies! I can't leave Brooke out so below is a picture of her.

Here's our little love bug!

Ten for Tuesday

1. Reese comes into our room at about 6:15 this morning and announces that she gets to play outside because she stayed in her bed all night.





2. Garrett comes into our room this morning at 6:30, dressed for school and ready to go downstairs to watch Transformers (the cartoon). It's his new obsession.





3. Garrett's right eye has, what we think, a chalazion. It's similar to a stye.
   
   Here you can see the redness and the bump.
   
   





4. In the car this morning, Reese announces that she changed her mind. About what I ask? She wants to wear her swim teacher's goggles and not her own.





5. Brooke does not like kiwi's. I put some in her cereal this morning and she refused to eat her cereal.





6. I got gas this morning at Mobil (not my usual place for gas, but the gas light was on). I put in $25.00 and only got about 6 1/2 gallons. The price per gallon is $3.83 for the lowest grade. How is anyone suppose to go anywhere with these prices?





7. I did some scrapbooking today at my friend Sue's house. The kids played and had their swim lessons while we scrapbooked.





8. Reese crashed early tonight. She was asleep by 6:30. She played and swam hard today.





9. Reese asked me today if cows can eat people. She is obsessed with which animals eat people and which do not.





10. Brooke is almost scooting. Aaron thinks she'll be doing the army crawl soon!

Here are a couple pictures from this weekend:

Brooke in her car...soon she'll be driving around all by herself.

Reese doing her daily exercise!

Ear Piercing

Today I took Brooke to get her ears pierced. I waited entirely too long to pierce them and I figured that I better do them now before she gets any older. So, I planned on taking her to the same jewelery store that I took Reese, but they no longer exist. So, my mom and I drove around the Chino Spectrum seeking a jewelery store. We couldn't find one and decided to settle on Wal-mart. We went in, were ignored for awhile and then told that the girl that pierces babies ears won't be in until later. So, we went back to my parent's house and looked up jewelery stores in Chino and Chino Hills. Eventually, we found one that pierced babies ears.




I decided on small 14k gold studs (don't ask how much). When Reese had her ears pierced, both were done at the same time. So, when the lady told me she would be doing one at a time I cringed because I knew Brooke would have to go through the pain twice. Of course, Brooke is smiling and observing the lady. Then the piercing came and then the screaming, then the calming down, piercing again, and screaming once more. It was all over within a matter of minutes but it always seems much longer when you're anticipating the pain and screaming of your precious baby girl!




Here she is with her earrings!