Summer Fun

Before heading to the beach, we like to hydrate with our water bottles

Daddy pulls us in the wagon

After the beach, we rinse off in the shower outside with Daddy (here with Helen - don't worry, Helen is the only one who is naked outside)

For some reason Ella loves wearing her hat when she's inside - just not when she is out in the sun

Alex is too cool with his shades on

Helen hams it up for the camera

Ella is trying go incognito in her shades

A rare moment of mommy being on the other side of the camera

Ella likes to sit in the big chair like mommy and flip through her books

Helen relaxing with a book on the stairs (until Ella came along)

Naked babies eating - everyone was wet from playing outside in the pool so we stripped down to diapers before coming inside

Everyone is doing great! They are getting so big and so much smarter. Now that they can understand what we are saying, we have to start spelling things like "food" "beach" and "eat." Scary. They are talking more now too. Even Alex is getting better although we are still going to speech therapy twice a week. In his first session, he did not make a sound. In his second session, we got "more" "down" and "bye" from him. It's a start.

They are finally finished with swim lessons. It is so much more relaxing going to the pool with them now knowing that when they get in over their heads, I have a second or two while they flip on their back to float to get to them. It is amazing to see how one will go too far off the step and before I can even reach the kid, he or she is on his or her back floating. Helen is our star floater. She has a great float and will even laugh at you while she is laying there. So we love going to the pool and the beach.

We decided to start them in "school" in the mornings in the fall. I think they are really going to love being in a new environment and learning new things. It is going to be harder on me than it is on them. I'm gearing up for it now to be able to leave them their every day :(