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Picture post, mostly.
Jun. 26th, 2006 07:50 pmA couple people mentioned wanting to see a picture of the ground squirrels (aka. Evil Critters That Keep Eating My Tomatoes). So, here they are:
( Three Blind Mice. )
Yeah, yeah. They're cute and all... but they are ruthless! We've had 17 Roma tomatoes to the point of ripening this summer already, but we've only gotten five ourselves. The "cute" little ground squirrels have gotten the other TWELVE! I hate them, I really do.
We all went out to Papio Bay on Saturday afternoon, and we stayed until the thunderstorms ran us out at closing. It was a zero-entry pool like the one in Plattsmouth, but there were some different features as well. Jack was able to go down the waterslide with us at this new pool, and there were two different kinds of waterslides, even. Fun!
( Pool pictures. )
The boys were impressed by Philip's going off the high diving board (3 meters), but they were only allowed to go off the low board themselves (1 meter). Neither of the boys has ever had swimming lessons, but they *THINK* they know how to swim. Towards the end of the evening, we split up and each tried to teach the boys a little bit in the shallower areas. Philip made virtually no progress with Jack, but I taught A.J. how to float on his back, and I really think he learned it - he could float for 30 seconds or more by the time we finished, and he only stopped then because I told him he could. He then learned how to float on his stomach (face in the water), and he already knows how to stroke. The only real hang-up is that he doesn't understand to kick with just his feet - he kept moving and bending his entire leg. We'll keep working on it. ;-)
The massive storm that forced us out was also the one that left the beautiful rainbow I mentioned before. I'll just put one picture here:
( Have I used enough LJ-cuts today? )
We went to another Fire Hydrant Party yesterday afternoon. Weather-wise, it was much cooler yesterday that it has been, and *I* wouldn't have wanted to get in the water. A.J. felt the same way! Jack played for a long while in the sprinkler from the hydrant, and he was excited to play with our new beach ball as well (I bought it just for these occasions each week). We decided not to go to a pool last night because it was still unusually cool, and I think we would have all been much too cold in the water.
If anyone is interested, I have uploaded several short video clips of the pool and hydrant party HERE (look for dates of June 24-25th).
( Three Blind Mice. )
Yeah, yeah. They're cute and all... but they are ruthless! We've had 17 Roma tomatoes to the point of ripening this summer already, but we've only gotten five ourselves. The "cute" little ground squirrels have gotten the other TWELVE! I hate them, I really do.
We all went out to Papio Bay on Saturday afternoon, and we stayed until the thunderstorms ran us out at closing. It was a zero-entry pool like the one in Plattsmouth, but there were some different features as well. Jack was able to go down the waterslide with us at this new pool, and there were two different kinds of waterslides, even. Fun!
( Pool pictures. )
The boys were impressed by Philip's going off the high diving board (3 meters), but they were only allowed to go off the low board themselves (1 meter). Neither of the boys has ever had swimming lessons, but they *THINK* they know how to swim. Towards the end of the evening, we split up and each tried to teach the boys a little bit in the shallower areas. Philip made virtually no progress with Jack, but I taught A.J. how to float on his back, and I really think he learned it - he could float for 30 seconds or more by the time we finished, and he only stopped then because I told him he could. He then learned how to float on his stomach (face in the water), and he already knows how to stroke. The only real hang-up is that he doesn't understand to kick with just his feet - he kept moving and bending his entire leg. We'll keep working on it. ;-)
The massive storm that forced us out was also the one that left the beautiful rainbow I mentioned before. I'll just put one picture here:
( Have I used enough LJ-cuts today? )
We went to another Fire Hydrant Party yesterday afternoon. Weather-wise, it was much cooler yesterday that it has been, and *I* wouldn't have wanted to get in the water. A.J. felt the same way! Jack played for a long while in the sprinkler from the hydrant, and he was excited to play with our new beach ball as well (I bought it just for these occasions each week). We decided not to go to a pool last night because it was still unusually cool, and I think we would have all been much too cold in the water.
If anyone is interested, I have uploaded several short video clips of the pool and hydrant party HERE (look for dates of June 24-25th).
