My girls are getting so big!

I looked out the back window the other day my little girl was pumping her legs on the swing! All by herself. It warmed my heart, I can't believe how big she is getting! It is also a relief since she could swing for hours and I get tired of pushing her long before she gets done. We go for her preschool open house mid August. She seems very excited but I think she may be getting a little nervous too. She has been a little difficult to deal with lately. She has been taking swim lessons and we can't believe how fast she is picking up on it. She did level one and came out of it doggy paddling. She loves to practice and pretty much loves anything in the water. Except canoeing. We went on a camping trip 2 weeks ago and went canoeing and she loved playing in the river and loved camping after she got used to it but she was completely freaked out by the canoe. When we got there late Friday night she got out excited. Then she lets out this blood curdling scream and we all thought something stung her. She said she got bit by a bug. Then she locked herself in the tent w/the flashlight and refused to come out. Eventually we talked her into coming out and hanging out around the fire for awhile, then she decided to go exploring in the dark. Sat. we take the bus to the drop off and we get out and she starts crying that she doesn't want to canoe and she is not getting in that thing. I tried explaining to her that we had no other way to get back to camp. She was really scared and every time we stopped it was a bit of a battle to get her back in the canoe. But she loved swimming in the river. It was overall a good trip, next year I think we will just camp and try the canoe again when she is a little older.

Sammi is starting to say a few words they are few and far between. She says mama and Ehba (Emma) most often. I have heard ball once and Daddy has heard her say binky a couple times. She also loves the water and thinks that she can swim like Emma. She just takes off in the pool and walks until the water is almost over her head, all the while pumping her arms like she is swimming. It doesn't faze her a bit to go under either. She comes up smiling, no sputtering. She climbs everything and can get on our bed and Emma's bed. We are quickly entering the tantrum stage! She gets mad a lot over how we serve her food. She wants her banana in the peeling and her breakfast bars in the wrapper and no bib. She is very silly though and keeps us laughing. She makes the funniest faces and dances in the car like a bobble head. I will post pictures soon.

4th of July

We had a nice day on the fourth although it didn't feel like the 4th of july to me. Probably because we traditionally spend the day at Dave's dad's house cooking out and shooting fireworks. Since he had houseguests all of June we decided to give him the year off and went instead to a birthday party and to celebrate at our good friends who just moved in down the street. The party was a lot of fun and the kids had a blast. They played in the sand, the playground, at the splash and play, with squirt guns, heard Jack Snaps perform and of course had hot dogs and cake for the birthday boys. Then home for a nap before we spent the evening at Beth and Greg's. Unfortunately they had been up late the night before and Emma had a complete meltdown just before dark and had to be taken home without watching any fireworks. Sammi just didn't like the noise so she was fine with mom's decision. Emma recently finished up level 1 swim lessons and came out of it doing the doggy paddle and swimming underwater. She began level 2 tonight and is a regular little mermaid. She really enjoys the water and asks to swim several times a day. She is always the first in the pool and the last one out. Sammi also loves the water and thinks she can swim. She bats our hands away and takes off into the water as if she is 4. We really have to keep an eye on her. She gets cold pretty fast though so her swims are more short lived. She loved the splash and play at the party. She is our silly girl these days. She has the orneriest laugh and keeps us tickeled all the time.

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