Not enough hands

Apparently, Gretchen wasn't born with enough hands. Thankfully, she is very good at improvising!

Our Summer day!

After Gretchen's nap, DJ put together her new water table, and we finally got both of her sprinklers out! I changed Gretchen into her swim suit and out we went. She immediately loved the water table, splashing the water, and pouring it out with the bucket. Then, we showed her the elmo sprinkler. She wasn't too sure at first, but quickly warmed up to the cold water! When she was finished she ate her snack of goldfish crackers, juice, and her very 1st popsicle! After her snack, we hooked up her flower sprinkler, and DJ took her through it a few times. The water was cold, and the sun was coming in and out, so poor Gretchen was cold too! So, we dried off, came inside and gave her an overdue bath! But, there was nothing better than our summer day we shared outside!

Delta Hair Bows

We had a garage sale this weekend, and as soon as I was cleaning everything up a great lady, her daughter, and I'm assuming her husband came up. They purchased an item, and then spotted my clearance hair bows I had, and placed an order for Delta High School cheerleading bows for the daughter and 2 football themed bows for the mom and her friend to 'sport' to their sons football games! I've ordered the ribbon, and I've started on 2 of the 3, so I wanted to share! I absolutely love the large ones with the cheer-themed ribbon! The smaller bow will have a basketball on the center! I really hope they love the bows!

New Clippies

I have a few new clippies that I'm working on adding online- check them out- they are so adorable!

Swim lessons day 3

Well, we are halfway finished with swim lessons! Gretchen has been doing great; she loves getting into the water and singing the songs. Yesterday, her favorite activity was jumping off of the wall!

She wore the swimsuit and cover up that gran bought her :)

Cubs game part 2

More pictures from the game!

Cubs Game

We took G to the Cubs game on Saturday (6/6) in Cincinnatti. Before the game we ate at Montgomery's Inn- it was delicous!

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Swim Lessons day 2

Gretchen woke up early this morning, thus she was a little more tired than she has been the last 2 days this week. Which, also meant that she was more stubborn and wanting her own way. So, it was a difficult morning for her, in part because I wouldn't let her play in our bathroom drawers. So, let's fast forward, we get to swim lessons, I could tell in the car that she was already getting tired. We got changed and went to the pool area. She immediately went to her ledge and sat down. I tried taking a few pictures, but the camera battery went dead, so I only got 2 of her on the ledge. We get in the water, and she did much better than I did! It was cold! We played "motor boat", tossed the ball back and forth with our hands, feet, and noses, played "humpty dumpty", and swam after toys. Gretchen loves "humpty dumpty" the best. Everytime we went over to the wall, she said "sit", and I had to gently explain that she couldn't sit on the wall just to play humpty dumpty again. As she was tossing the ball to the 2 boys in the class (she's the only girl), she signed "finished".... she didn't like that game so much and had had enough! She loved throwing the toy into the water and swimming after it- today, she picked out the dinosaur and the boat. She did get to "ride a horse"... on the noodle, but she kept kicking her legs and making me nervous since she was moving around so much! In all, it was a great swim lesson, she seems to be very comfortable in the water (must be DJ's genes), but she was so tired after it was over! She came home and took a nap!

Swim lessons!

Today was Gretchen's 1st swim lessons! We arrived early, but had plenty of time for both of us to change into our swimsuits. We went out to the pool area, and watched while the water aerobics class was finishing up. Gretchen suprisingly sat on a little window edge, only occassionally getting up to run. Thankfully, her bathing suit cover had a hood; which gave me a good handle to grab her! I was nervous that she'd fall down and slip; we need to get her some water shoes too! She was in a great mood and said 'hi' to a few people. Their were 3-5 year olds and their parents there for their swimming lessons, so they have two groups going on at the same time. Finally, it was time for us to get in the pool, and boy was it cold! It took me a second to get use to it, and of course I was holding Gretchen, but at least her tummy was covered a bit! The instructor first had us ease them into the water, up to their heads. We took it very slow, but Gretchen had already decided she was finished, and communicated that by signing "finished" over and over again. I gently told her that she was not finished! Next, we sang a few songs and did the motions in the water. She sat on the pool side and we said the nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty", and as Humpty had a great fall, G got to "jump" in the water; she loved that! Then, she got to pick out a toy and throw it, then swim after it. She loved throwing the toy after a while and swimming to get it. Next, she layed on her back to "look at the stars", which I was nervous that she'd freak, b/c she hates to lay down in the tub! But, she did suprisingly well! The instructor started "blowing bubbles" with her mouth, and G immitated her! We passed a ball back and forth to the other little boy in the class, who happens to be just a few days younger than Gretchen. She also got to sit on the side and kick her legs, just like the "big" kids were doing! She had tons of fun and so did I! We go back on Wednesday for our second lesson and can't wait!