Little Swimmer

Gates just completed his swim lessons!! He is such a little fish. Loves the water, loves the attention and loves loves loves to swim... Everyone in his class is miles taller than him and all are 5 years old. My little Gates is 3 and not that I am bias or anything, but he is the best one out there. He is the only one that can swim across the pool without assistance, he is the only one that jumps in alone, touches the bottom and doesn't cry because water is in his eyes. He is just a natural:) I love that both my kids love the water. It makes life so much nicer for us, since Todd and I love to be at the pool or beach... Gates has been accepted to participate in the neighborhood swim team even though he isn't of age. The coaches told us they would allow him to join since he can swim the distance needed. We are soooo excited. Tomorrow is the day to sign up, so we will get him all set up and let you know how it goes.. Yeah GATES!!!

Baseball in the RAIN!!

Since Gates is such a HUGE baseball fan we are attempting to attend as many games as we can--well, that's our goal. Last night we decided to go watch the Wolfpack play. It was a beautiful day, no rain in sight until we decided to head out. Literally the minute we got in the car it started to pour. We were unsure about what to do, so we drove to Raleigh thinking maybe it wouldn't be raining there. When we got there it looked like it had rained but, it was all over. AHHHHH, now we can sit and enjoy the game. Not so much luck. We all got our hot dogs, popcorn and sprite and sat down and YUP, you guessed it, the sky opened up and we were drenched. No place to hide, no umbrella not a dry spot in sight. So needless to say we ate soggy hot dogs and popcorn and enjoyed the game. OH, and the best part is we didn't just have our two kids, we had THREE others!!! Gates took and friend and Gunnar took two:) We are such troopers!! It was fun but when the sun started to go down we were really chili, so home sweet home we went.... Sorry no pictures of our bad hair and dripping clothes, but I promise we were there:) Until next time......stay dry!

A Night Away from Home

Several weeks ago the gymnastics team was hosting regionals and Todd and I decided to take the kids to stay in downtown Raleigh at the host hotel for a night. What a fun time. A camp out away from home... The kids thought this was the coolest thing ever. We ate pizza, the kids swam and swam and swam. Three hours worth of swimming, you would have thought they'd be exhausted. Yea, NO not tired yet. We went down to the hospitality suite and let the kids entertain all the coaches. They were a hit of course:) We ordered a movie(Mall Cop) and ate popcorn and M&M's.. We had a really great time. The kids are ready to do it again, soooooooon.