Adventure's in Stevielillydome!

Here are some shots I just can't resist putting up. They are frankly beautiful kids and they need to be shown!

I ordered some new swings for this playground. The old ones kind of rotted while we were gone and the ropes of the swings kept giving Stevie slivers. Stevie got a big boy swing, Lilly got one just her size and I also ordered a bar and rings that we can interchange. Lilly loves to swing and she walks around the house saying "mor wing pease!" It is too cute to resist! Stevie will even push her when she asks...sometimes! Speaking of sometimes...Stevie asked me yesterday if I knew what the word "sometimes" means. I asked him to tell me and he said that it means "17 days you get to do one thing and 100 days you don't." I love it!!!

We put Stevie into soccer this year and tonight is his first game. This is a pic of him going to practice last week with his new shinguards and fancy green ball. Of course he picked out a green ball. Look at the smile on his face!!! When we were at the store picking out a ball for Stevie, Lilly picked out a hot pink volleyball and it made me so proud!!!

Sarah came to visit last week and we of course didn't take enough pics but here are a couple we did get. It was actually chilly so I didn't think Stevie would get into the water. I don't know what I was thinking, the kid loves to get into the water!! We eventually ditched his pants and shirt and let him run around in just his underwear. He had a blast!
Lilly got her toes wet and then was completely content to play in the sand! Maybe if it was warmer she would have enjoyed the water more. Stevie is kind of afraid of the waves and we usually try and go to the beach during low tide. The waves are calmer and there are tide pools to play in. This day we showed up at high tide and Stevie literally talked himself into the water. He would mutter to himself while he walked out to the water "the waves are scary...the waves are scary," and turn to run back to shore. Each time he would get a little farther out until at last he completely sat down with the water about to his rib cage. I was pretty proud of him! We stayed until it started to rain and then hightailed it out!

Lilly with pigtails right before gymnastics.

Update

Hey Ya'll! Greetings from the deep south. I wanted to give an update into our lives. I know... it has been a couple of weeks. Not as bad as a couple of months of neglect but still neglect. So here it is.


The two of them spent the day with their dad while I went to an all day scrap book event. It was a benefit for breast cancer and I had an absolute blast! 10am to 10pm and I didn't make it all day. I know, embarrassing, but the chair wasn't comfortable and at least I made it to 9:30pm right? Close. So the kids went to the park, played outside and from what I hear thoroughly enjoyed their dad! Not hard to do seeing how he is a wonderful dad!!! This is a picture of them eating luch together. Steve sent to me while I was a-scrappin'.

This was taken at the mall...it is a new soft play area and it is awesome. Its a big area with a slide and lots of tunnels and even a boat. Lilly is into doing everything her brother does and was set and determined to climb on the boat just like Stevie. She made it grunting and all. This was taken with my phone camera and it isn't fast enough to catch Stevie's face. The camera has to be state of the art to catch his beautiful mug. He only holds still for about a nano second.

We put Lilly in gymnastics and she loves it. She is a natural climber and we figured this might teach her to ... I don't know climb with style and enhance the coordination so she doesn't fall as much. I swear kids can climb up but getting down is the problem. This is her saying "ta-da" after climbing down the ladder. It is wonderful because the coach teaches the parents to teach the kids. So there is no waiting for turns and there isn't much structure. The coach moves around the room instructing each kid one on one on and apparatus. Lilly's favorite thing this week was climbing the ladder and last week it was the vault. Yes they have a mini vault. She doesn't even make the springs move but she tries hard and has fun doing it!

This is the biggest spider I have ever seen. Stevie found it and was telling me a spider was on the door frame. It was literally so big and kind of in a different position, from my angle, I thought it was a stick. Stevie's kept telling me, no it's a spider. The thing was the size of a golf ball!

Speaking of animals... this is the alligator Steve had a run'in with on the 11th hole at the golf course. I guess there are two resident alligators at the course and this is the small one. Steve almost hit the other one (12-15 feet tip to tail) on the 15th hole last week. This little guy is only 6 feet tip to tail. I don't know... those are Steve's words...to me little is maybe a foot or two not 6.

Things around here are kind of working their way into a schedule and we like it that way. I have a bunch of pictures to post of Stevie's first soccer experience and that will be coming soon!