Father’s Day 2010

This weekend has been a REALLY good one.  One that I feel has been much needed.  We started out Friday by dropping the kids off at a drop in childcare center.  We did a test run on Wednesday to make sure they would be okay.  It costs about the same as a sitter, but we can get reimbursed with through our childcare savings program….so SWEEET!  We went and saw Iron Man II, which was awesome.  The kids did fantastic and we will definitely make this a usual thing.
Saturday dawned with what looked like rain.  We really really really needed to mow the lawn, as it was knee high in places, so after a small shower, I attacked the lawn while Jerry attacked the laundry (mostly washed and dried, but stacked in a basket) and tended the kiddos.  The kiddie pool was somewhat, well, very much disgusting.  We’d been shocking it with chlorine, but over the past week I had let it slip.  And it was GROSS!  So after mowing enough, we drained the pool and decided to move it to another spot….closer to where we hang out in the evenings.   And then finished mowing inside the fence.
They kids went down for a nap and as my allergies were starting to kick in, I snuck one too.   After nap, I went to tackle the front and side yards.  While I was mowing I heard shrieks of glee and I took a little break to find Jerry throwing Elijah into the pool:

ONE

TWO

THREE!!!!

I have to stop for a minute and give props to my little guy.  He has come so far since last year.  This week he watched a friend of his swim under water and decided that was pretty cool.  He put his head, on his own, under water without holding his nose.  This is a HUGE step for him!  Grace wants to follow suit, but doesn’t quite get it.  She will though!

We had a yummy grilled dinner and got the kids to sleep at a decent hour.

Today, we let Jerry sleep in to the whooping hour of 8:45… alas.  We needed breakfast supplies so I ran out and got some, came home and cooked a nice breakfast.  Then it was time for the reveal of the gifts the kids had made.

A variety of golf club covers.

Since it was boiling lava hot outside, we decided to make a fort inside to play for a bit.

Unfortunately, Jerry had to go into work for a bit, so I took the kids outside with the parachute and we set up a nice shady fort complete with water mist!

And when that was done, of course, there is the pool….


After lunch and a (sigh) short nap, Jerry was home and we decided to hit Target to look for a slip and slide.  We were successful in our mission.

Grace’s idea of playing in the slip in slide is to stand at the end or the middle and drink the water… or torment her brother (who eventually just slid into her…)

Elijah on the other hand was all about the diving right in!

Grace got bored and decided that singing at the top of her lungs whilst riding the horse, was indeed, her calling.

One can only do so much slipping and sliding before needing a rest.

Jerry had been inside chopping potatoes for me to fix on the grill and when he came out… it was game on!!

HIDE AND SEEK!!!

Which leads to water wars!!!

Or sitting and watching and eating an apple… cause that’s okay too!

Launching a water ball…

I gotta say that it was a VERY nice weekend and I hope that Jerry had a good Father’s Day hanging with us.  I know that many dad’s like to get out and do things alone, but we are lucky that he likes to spend time with us!!!