Happy 9th Birthday Ford!

Ford celebrated his 9th birthday on August 28th. I'm not sure how 9 years have gone by so quickly!! He spend his actual birthday shopping for a catcher's glove with the money all of his aunts and uncles gave him. Very exciting stuff! On the day before his birthday, I took pizza and cookies to his class. His 3rd grade teacher (who is awesome!) really enjoys celebrating birthdays. Her special touch is a birthday spanking -- she even puts a pillow in the child's chair to help cushion their fanny after the spanking. So . . . happy 9th birthday Ford!

Mema vs. Jeb and the winner is . . .

Mema and Jeb recently had a slide race at the park . . .

On your mark, Get set, GO!

And the winner is . . .
JEB!

Random picture that I love . . .

This was taken outside of Lester's . . . a favorite Sunday lunch spot of ours. The kids were posing with Stan Musial and it just shows them being lots of fun!

Our final summer swim . . .

Things have been nuts around here so I'm trying to catch up on all that we have been doing since school started! We spent almost every single day of the summer at Shaw Park pool. The kids loved swimming with so many of their friends and I loved visiting with so many of my friends!! Somehow, I never manage lots of pictures at the pool. Here are a few iPhone shots, taken on Labor Day weekend, showing how we spent our summer . . .

Jeb is officially a fish. By the end of summer, he was jumping off the side of the pool and swimming all around without any help! Such a BIG boy!

Virginia is all about handstands, flips and all sorts of jumps . . . she loves the water too!
And not to be outdone by her older brother . . . Virginia conquered the platform too!

Another TRI-umph!

Ford participated in his 2nd triathlon over Labor Day weekend.

He swam . . .

Biked . . .
And ran . . .
And best of all, he had fun! Love that he loves the personal competition!!