Sorry, I seem to have been neglecting the blog! I post all my pictures on Facebook now and I forget to put them here now too.
We have been super busy this month. Two baby showers, one included a trip to Dallas, birthday parties, etc. Doesn't seem like we have had one minute to just slow down. Hopefully July will be a little less stressed.
So, I have learned that Madeline's teacher, Ms. Janna, is in to disco. Every morning they listen to classical music during breakfast so I had no idea the Finnish lady liked disco! We were at a birthday party at the Inflatable Zone and "YMCA" came on and she started singing! Now, we all know I love me some disco, but I do not recall hearing that song lately. On that Monday when I picked her up, Ms.Janna says, "Madeline says she heard my song".....and the source of the groovy tunes was found! Last Friday she started singing "Celebrate good times, come on!"...again, not me. Makes me smile. She is a very musical little kid and I love that she remembers all these songs.
I am slowly making my way to the current technology. Chris Shields got a new iphone so I asked what he was gonna do with his old one. He gave it to me! I have been debating on whether or not to get one so this helps with trying it out. I have yet to go to the AT&T store to activate it but I plan on doing that today. I am curious to see if I like it since I did not care for the blackberry that I had. I gave that to Shawn.
Last Saturday, Shawn was playing golf but I needed a pedicure in the worst way. Ladies, you KNOW what I mean! So, I decided to take Madeline and let them paint her toes too. She has been asking me for months now but I have been putting it off. Nothing worse to me than peeling paint on a childs feet or hands. So, she got her first pedicure. They trimmed her nails, then put lotion on (i had to ask them to) and then painted her toes in the color she picked. Results below.
The next morning, the first thing she did was look under the sheet and check her toes!
As you all recall, we had Madeline swim lessons last year. She learned survival swimming (roll and float) and how to swim to the side and hang on. We talked about going back to Ms.Kathleen this year but she said she didn't want to go. She really didn't like going in the first place, but I felt better that she learned a valuable lifesaving skill. The deal was, if she did her float this year, she wouldn't have to go back......
Cut to Saturday before Memorial day. She is begging to go to Bebe's and go swimming. BIG talk about doing her float the whole time. Well, it got cloudy and the pool was cold, but she was dying to swim....so I got in. Then she got all wonky. She was saying No, no no. I figured I would just pull her in like we did last year and she would be ok. Um no. No retained skill in the float. Scared her to death is what I did basically. She got out of the pool and REFUSED to get back in. SOOOO, I took her to toys r us and got some floaties (which I hate) and some other fun stuff to use in the pool. Back to Bebe's on Monday. Took her a good HOUR before she would get passed her ankles in the pool, but she soon got comfortable.
So, last Saturday, we went to Callies to swim. Again, took her LONG time to get in the pool, but once she did, she was fine. Even went so far as to get her to take off the floaties...then the little daredevil was off! Jumping in the pool over and over again! She plum wore me out! She is swimming pretty good now but the float is still not on the horizon yet. We went back to Callie's on Sunday and I even had to get on to her for just walking to edge of the pool and getting ready to jump off....without telling anyone! But, she had a blast and we will get it all worked out! I am sure of it!
