Swimming!

I finally remembered to take pictures of swimming yesterday.  I didn't get too many as I was in the pool most of the time, but a nice lady offered to take a few since she was just there watching her son. 
As usual, we had an amazing time last night.  This is definitly the highlight of their week!

Waiting to go...

My beauty (Leah)





Acting silly before we go...

I told them to show their muscles

Notice Isabella's face...she puts it in the water every chance she gets

Swimming to the wall

Time for jumping

Both girls can now climb out on their own

After the lesson...we have learned the hard way that snacks are a MUST when we finish

They seem like teenagers to me in this picture!

A little sisterly love before we leave

Randoms

Just some random pics from one day last weekned.  Cesar decided he was going to change the utterly rediculous lightbulb that we have way up above our stairs.  I am sure you are cringing looking at this Dad :)

Then Leah wanted to help him change the bulbs in our closet...

goofy

Getting ready to go to Jacob's birthday party last week

FINALLY...Snow!

This wasn't quite the snow we were (are) hoping for this year, but it's better than nothing, right?  The girls had fun getting outside and playing for a little while!

This is isabella's new way of saying cheese

A little rough housing before we went out...

Isabella and Daddy going down the hill

Leah's turn



And then they braved it alone!





Teamwork!



Isabella did NOT want to leave my side, so I got a lot of pics of her while Leah was off playing with daddy

Why we have to go to the store early in the morning...

Swimming

So, I don't have any pics of our swimming lessons because we both have to be in the water with the girls the entire time...BUT...I had to write about how much they LOVE them!!!  It is all they talk about.  We had our second lesson on Wednesday and yesterday they must have said "swimming lessons next week" about 20 times!  Leah is doing amazing!  She should really be in a more advanced class (but they won't let her until she turns 3..bummer!)...she loves to go under, can swim to Daddy when she is wearing the floaties, jumps off the side of the pool into our arms, can hand crawl her way around the side of the pool, can climb out on her own, and just loves EVERY second of it!  Isabella is almost as good...but she is still learning how to move forward when she is trying to swim.  One lady told me that Isabella must have been a fish in another life because she kept wriggling out of my arms and dunking her head under the water.  She loves doing that.  The actual class is really just for the kids to learn to like the water, so we kind of do our own thing most of the time, but it is really fun!  We are actually thinking about getting a membership to the YMCA so that we can go to the pool on other days.  Then we can also afford to take other classes like gymnastics and ballet too :)  I will try to remember to take the camera next week so I can at least get some "before" and "after" pictures!

Thanks Grandpa

We LOVE our new outfits!!

She totally looks like a character in a Dr. Suess book in this pic

I asked Heidi to teach them to use a cup...it took ONE day!  Awesome!  Love our Nanny :)

This is Leah's hair-do today!  Love it!  Too bad I couldn't do that if you paid me!

"Awesome!"

Leah may not look much like me, but there is no doubt she is my girlie!

YUCK!

Have I ever mentioned how much I hate potty training?  Well...yea, if you didn't get the memo...I HATE it!!  But, when your potty charts look like this, it's time to suck it up and put on the underwear!

So, Friday, we took the plunge!  Heidi started the day off with underwear and the kids did pretty well.  Isabella stayed in the same pair all day.  Leah had a few accidents, but nothing major. They did GREAT!  So, I come home from school, hear the good news about how the girls are doing and was so relieved...then, Heidi leaves and I put the girls on the potty right away to make sure they stay dry.  Within 10 minutes, Bella peed in her underwear and Leah made a HUGE puddle on the floor.  Five minutes later, Isabella pooped in her underwear.  UMMMMM....WHAT?  They were great all day?  Why do my children hate me?  Ha Ha!  As Heidi put it, it was funny in a not-so-funny kind of way!

Today, I put them in underwear first thing in the morning and within minutes, Isabella peed all over my leg as I read her a book.  Yay! What fun this was turning out to be!  The rest of the morning was uneventful and both girls stayed dry!  Whew...I was relieved.  But, as you can imagine, that didn't last long.  We had quite a few accidents throughout the afternoon, including Leah pooping all over the floor in my bedroom while I was in the shower.  Uggh!  I am ready to give up.  Tomorrow we are going to church and Monday to Bounce U, so they WILL be wearing pull-ups for at least part of the day....and I am EXCITED!  Who knew I would be so happy to put a diaper on my kids?!

No surprise who is on our first pairs of underwear!

"Leah...what are you WEARING?"

This is how Mommy feels about potty training!

But this is how we feel...

"So mommy...you can KISS it!"

Because we are too cute to get mad at!

What an outfit!!

Ha Ha Ha...