Memorial Day 2013

Monday morning we woke up, ate breakfast and headed outside to mow the back yard. Once we were finished, we loaded the car and headed to town and stopped by Food Lion. We were getting some ice cream for the day. We arrived at my parents house around 10:00 and Adalyn and Landon were SO excited to be there. They were more than ready for their first swim of the year! The water was pretty cold, but that didn't stop any of us. Well, it stopped me a little bit. It just took me a little longer to get past my waist! ha! We were so curious to see how Landon would react to the pool. He obviously does not remember being in it last year, and he "swims" in the bathtub every night, so we were hopeful he would love it. And sure enough, he did! Another water baby we have on our hands! Adalyn jumped right on in. The cold water didn't phase her at all. When Adalyn was around Landon's age, we went straight to arm floaties. I'm not messing with life jackets in a swimming pool. It taught her so quickly how to keep herself above water where she wasn't relying on a "float" or anything in front of her to lean on. So, we did the same with Landon. At first, he wasn't sure how to keep his body weight even, he kept going forward a little bit, but after 30 minutes or so of swimming and getting use to the floaties, he was floating around the pool by himself. (Don't freak out people, there were 3 adults in the pool with him, too.) Adam and I were so excited to see he loved the water like Adalyn. It definitely would not be a good thing to have a baby hate the water as much as we swim and go to the lake in the Summer. Landon also loved jumping off the side into the pool. It got to where we really had to watch him because he would run and jump if someone was there or not! Everytime he got out to grab a toy or to jump to Adam or my dad, his little body was shivering. It was so funny. So, Adam put him in the hot tub. They had it turned down so the temperature was perfect for the kids. He went back and forth between the pool and hot tub all day. He would get out of the pool and run to the hot tub and say, "Hot tub! Hot tub! Hot tub!". He loved floating around in there, too. My kids swam their little hearts out. We got out around 12:00 and took the kids inside to dry off and get some clothes on. The boys started grilling while Adalyn and Landon went ahead and started on lunch. They were so hungry. (Swimming always makes me hungry, too) Landon was also very tired. He ate a few bites before I realized he was sitting perfectly still and his blinks were getting slower and slower. He fell fast asleep in the highchair so of course, I took that opportunity to take his picture.

I got him out and laid him in the bed and closed the door. Adalyn finished eating then was ready for her nap so she went into my parents room, cuddled up in bed and watched Veggie Tales. Burgers and Brats were done so we were able to sit and actually eat our meal without any interruption! If you have kids, you know how rare that can be. I enjoyed every single bite of my juicy cheeseburger, corn on the cob, and chips. Yum. We talked about our possible vacation for next summer. Disney! Landon will almost be 3 and will be at such a good age to take him. Adalyn will almost be 5 (whoa!) so I'm already excited about starting my research on it. After lunch, my mom went and laid with Adalyn and we went to the family room and watched tv. Landon had been asleep about an hour and a half by then when I heard him waking up. I went in there and laid him back down and I decided to sleep with him too :) Again, never pass up on an opportunity to take a nap ;) Once we got up, we went swimming once again! Those kids swam their little hearts out. Check them out!




Adalyn would ask us to take her floaties off and push her to the bottom so she could pick up some diving sticks. Here she is showing us she did it!


Landon "swimming" in the hot tub


We were finally able to drag the kids away from the pool. We put them in play clothes and played in the yard and walked Singer.

Adalyn stayed the night and we took Landon home with us. We had such a fun and relaxing day. So glad it is finally Summer!!

Read about our Memorial Day in 2010, 2011, and 2012!