Car Washing

"Helping" Daddy wash the car - Alex washes the soap container and the pads
Where was I? Took 5 minutes to fertilize some of my new plants in the back! This is what happens when Daddy is not looking!

We are drying out his shoes still.

Summertime.....Finally!

We've been working and working on the house and the pool and Daddy FINALLY says we can swim in the big pool. Alex had his first swimming lesson last Friday and we have a movie - i have to figure that out - but he did great for being in a new environment and such a large, loud area. He clung to me for the first half but did go down the slide and did hang on to the dumb bell floaties on his own - he was very cold and tired when he got out. I was surprised how "cold" an 84 degree pool was! The other parents were nice too.
At home Daddy was the first one in the pool on Saturday! Alex put his toes in but our pool is pretty cold - about 74 in the shallow end - so Alex was content with his toes in sitting with Jaime and Daddy. He was so good. I was afraid he would just jump in.

On Sunday we took out the little pool and put some water in - I got it at the end of the season last year for $3.14 at Target - what a deal - except half of it is deflated because the inflater part keeps leaking - Oh well - I got a new one yesterday and this one better stay inflated - it was more than 3.14! Alex had so much fun playing in the water - he was outside for a while but then he jumped in and was splashing around and "swimming". Grandma taught him to lift the edge of the pool and make waves - she is lucky she did not get wet!

What a difference

A few swipes with the clippers and WOW - scoll down to the next post to see what he looked like yesterday morning - and then here's what he looked like this afternoon!

He is a bit drooly in this picture - not nearly as bad as the past few days - very nasty virus - sore throat so bad he did not want to swallow! He had little red bumps on his tounge and everything - Thursday and Friday were rough but he was fever free by Saturday so we went to a parade (his first) and cookout and he had a great time with all the other kids - being pulled around in the wagon was his favorite - they were running and he was loving it!