weighted vest...

jan 30

Jaden has been wearing Curtis' weighted vest since he got home from school...this isn't a dinky sensory weighted vest...i'm talking a 60lb vest meant for working out in! it works the same tho...he absolutely loves it & it helped us breeze through tonight's mountain of homework! he's outside playing now & asked us to not make him take it off ~lol~

seconds in a year...

just went upstairs to put the kiddos to bed...Jaden asked if i could check his math figures...i was confused, cause we did all his homework earlier...i looked at the binder he was writing in & it turns out, he was working on figuring out how many seconds are in a year...love that kid!

i took it one step further & said, let's see how many seconds you've been alive!

jan 24

dirty mind...

just last evening, the girls & i were watching Little People, Big World...one of the son's (little person) is dating an average sized girl...Corinn left the room & Gabby asked me "what do they do when they get married & have kids? does she bend over, or does he get on a stool?"...i giggled & said "well, it doesn't really matter when you're laying down...it all works out" & winked at her...she thinks about it for a second, then goes "NOOOOO, i meant when they're getting married & saying 'i do'!" lmao

jan 24

Corey graduates

diving clinic

8/4/11 - last day of diving clinic (there were 3 total)...Corinn went from only leaping off the diving board holding her nose, to diving with no nose plugs! she caught on very quickly & had a blast...& i was this close --><-- to talking her into trying a back dive...next year! :0)

Gabrielle went off the diving board last summer, but wasn't interested this year...in fact, she was almost in tears when she climbed onto the board at their 1st diving lesson...she was also the worst for insisting she needed to hold her nose or wear nose plugs...now look at her - she did this over & over again! she also went off the high dive for the 1st time during these lessons! :0)

Jaden has no fear when it comes to water...he actually just went for it at the 1st lesson - before anyone could teach him a thing, he took off & gave us his best dive...it was actually a belly flop, but i was so proud that he wasn't afraid to try! Jaden's a great swimmer & didn't really hold his nose before (except for when jumping off the high-dive)...he pretty much does nothing but stay on the diving boards when we go to the pool - but he had never dived before...now, he's diving like a PRO! (the coach kept saying "like butta!" when he'd dive) & he goes so deep/far, that he swims all the way to the rope before coming up for air...we were all shocked! then get this...he sees a friend from school...a GIRL...he goes "hey Hannah, i want you to see something"...he was totally showing off! ;0)

cuts

summer fun

friendship bracelets

july 4th