Lex had his first lesson today. He loved it, of course. His teacher said he did great. He has three other kids in his class and told me afterwards that he made a new friend. :) We swam for two hours and they had a blast. Eve did so much excited underwater dives that she made herself throw up! Fun, huh? Luckily I pulled her up and managed to catch it all on her belly and swimsuit. Time to wash that thing! I made her stay out of the water for five minutes afterwards and keep her head above water for the rest of the time we were there. Let’s hope that doesn’t happen again.

Lex shows the class how it's done!

Eve LOVES the pool!

We joined Gammy and Popcube this afternoon for a live performance of Click, Clack, Moo, a funny show based on the book “Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type.” It was a lot of fun. The cows are cold in the barn and want blankets. When they find a typewriter (a laptop in today’s performance) they send the farmer a note requesting blankets. He laughs and says no, so they cows go on strike. Then they get the chickens to go on strike too. It’s very silly. The show today had lots of loud singing and dancing and I don’t think the kids fully understood the songs and jokes, but they liked the dancing and falling down silly stuff. Though at one point it got very quiet just as Lex said, very loudly, “I don’t like all this noise!” It was hard to stifle my laughter there.

After the show we all went out to dinner. The kids ran around and ate smiley fries. After dinner when the friendly waiter asked if anyone dessert we all said “no” and Lex said “but I want dessert!” A very “helpful” lady reminded us that kids get free Popsicles with their meals. Sigh. Ok, Popsicles for dessert. She brought over two double Popsicles and quick-thinking Alan had the kids split one and he ate the other (none of the other grown ups wanted it, despite his offers). The kids loved them! I think this is Eve’s first time with a Popsicle. Maybe Lex’s too. I made homemade ones last summer, but this might have been his first time with the straight-up sugar ones. They were BOUNCING when we left the restaurant! Silly sallies the whole way home. We all ran around the house for about 15 minutes before I threw them in the tub. A good time was had by all. :)

The weather has been warming up this week and I was finally able to get the kids outside today. After school, lunch, and naps, Lex usually just wants to play in the living room. Today I mentioned sidewalk chalk and he was running for his jacket! By the time we got out there the sun was going down and it was getting chilly again, but we all had fun anyway. I’m sooo ready for warm weather! C’mon Spring!

One of our favorite games is called "chalk races." Lex draws start and finish lines on the road and we have running/hoping/skipping/jumping races. Fun for all!

I was hoping this activity would lose some appeal this year, but nope, they were thrilled to be right back at it. Eve even dropped a piece of chalk down there. Oops!

Eve loves our neighbor's tree.

As I’m sure you recall, last year I performed abdominal surgery on Lex’s doggie. He was a champ and recovered well, despite my sewing skills. Yesterday I had to do surgery on Eve’s poor doggie. She bit a hole right through its nose! These kids are tough on their dogs! She was very sad to discover the hole, but they were thrilled that it meant mommy got out the sewing box again. Doggie’s nose looks a little odd now, but the hole is repaired and doggie will live to see another day, and be bitten many more times, despite my best efforts to thwart that odd habit!