Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are

The last Saturday in June I did a Premier Jewelry Home Party for my friend Jen who is now a consultant. He husband just got back from Iraq and there are no jobs for her on the base in Kansas, so she decided to do this to make a little extra money and I decided to host a party to help her out. Lets just say it was a total flop! I don't normal like doing these types of parties, but wanted to help and it was terrible! One person showed up!! I was totally embarassed, but at least it gave her credit. Anyway, that is not the point of this post. For the party I had moved the table up against the wall for the food I had and have never moved it back because of this

It has become the new fun place for the boys to play!

For now I'm just leaving it so they can have some fun. When it starts to annoy me I'll move it back.

Fun Day @ Swim Class

Today was the last day of Corin's session 2 swim class. They did this at the end of his first session as well, but I forgot the camera then so I got pictures of it this time.

First they did a little work

Then did diving sticks

Then the finale, getting on life jacket to go down the slide!

Corin swam away from his class after he got his life jacket on into the deep end. The other kids were either hanging onto the floation device or with the teacher.

Favorite Place

Declan LOVES to put things inside other things. It doesn't matter what it, if it looks like something can go into it he'll find something to put there and it doesn't necessarily have to be a container, it could be just a place that looks like something could go there. As is with the place he LOVES to put things in particular.

Right next to the TV there is a space and that is where a lot of things end up.

Even my flip flops have been put by him in this beloved place.

What is it about MY shoes??

I'm trying to figure out what the fascination is with MY shoes. My shoes and Shane's shoes can both be at the back door and for some reason my shoes are always the ones chosen to be played with.

When Corin was younger he too loved to play with my shoes.

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I am willing to bet that I have many more of Corin playing with my shoes, but these are the ones I could find for now. I have SO many pictures!

OHHH, SILLY, SILLY BOYS!!

Modesty

This has been a subject that has been on my mind for awhile now and mostly as it relates to girls and their modesty, which I think is interesting since I have boys, but maybe its because I don't want my boys looking at immodest girls. The YW I used to have the pleasure of working with were SO great at being modest. They would find modest prom dress, or make the modest by putting cute jackets over or having sleeves made. In their everyday wear they would also make adjustments to their clothing to make them modest. I had a thought of when they started dressing modestly (no, I haven't asked their parents, but maybe I shall). So, Shane and I thoughts on the matter is to start early, not early as in when they enter elementary school, but early as in infancy. Now, maybe you are thinking that a little infant girl or toddler wearing tank dress isn't that big of a deal, but to us it is. Start early so hopefully it can be a teaching moment throughout their lives and when they are teenager they have already made the choice to dress modesty. I recently ran into an old friend from college, Tina Harding at the pool where 3 of her 5 children are taking swim lessons and Corin is too, just at different times. Her 4th child is a little girl who is super cute and funny. She loves to boss Corin around in a cute way and Corin doesn't mind a bit since I don't think he really listens to her, just plays with her before his starts and her siblings gets over. One day she had on a cute little tank dress that crisscrossed in the back and Tina put on a little white tee under it. She still looked super cute and modest!! Even a 2 1/2 year old can be modest. Shane was there that day and even commented on how cute she looked with the tee underneath her dress.  So, these are just my own personal thoughts on the subject. Boys are SO much easier I have found out. It is so easy to find tees and long shorts for them, but adjustments and layering can be made to girls clothing. So when I have a girl, which when we decide for #3 I hope it is whether she be 2wks, 2months, 2years or 12yrs I will always dress her modestly.

FINALLY a Sippy Cup!!

Declan will FINALLY drink properly out of a sippy cup! It has taken awhile. I think he has always known how it works, but has instead chewed on it to get the liquid out instead of sucking. He does like to chew on things. He still has 8 teeth and hasn't gotten anymore  in quite awhile.

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Cute, Silly Face

Lately Declan has been making this cute, silly face constantly!

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And his favorite place to sit is on the couch

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He also enjoys this chair. We got it for Corin when he was younger, but now it has to be shared.

Actually, I think he enjoys climbing in it more. Nothing is safe on the end table anymore.

5/26/10