Wordless Wednesday... Yikes!!!

8.5 months old!

First year of VBS, Good Times!!

I was so excited that this year Daelyn was old enough to go to VBS. It's held at the Church just down the street from us, from 9-12 for a week. Mon-Friday! She didn't really know what it was at first but after Monday she loved it. The theme was Egypt, Josephs journey from prison to palace. She came home the first day with a craft, and a music cd of all the music they were practicing that week. (with actions too) So she looked forward to going every day and even asked to go to bed early the first night. hehe LOVE IT! She biked, and I walked with Mack in his Moby Wrap there in the morning and I picked her up the same way at noon. Thankfully it only rained one day and I had to pick her up in the car. No biggy! So today was the last day. (so sad) The parents/grandparents etc were invited to come early this morning to pick up so we could see all the songs they were doing and then stay for a hot dog lunch. It was so fun to see all the kids doing their songs, Daelyn had an absolute blast! And as a bonus (actually the whole point of going) was that she learned about God too, something we don't expose her to much at home. No reason really, just doesn't happen much.

So anyway here are a couple of pics of her today, one before she went and one during the songs.

Her crafts were the Egyptian headband with beads, Collar, Necklace, and the Sarcophagus. Each day she got a coin with a Bible Verse on it to keep in there. Oh and every day was a different color representing a different animal from Egypt. This day was Brown for some kind of bettle (dang I can't remember the name) and they were to dress like and Egyption.
Here she is front row with the rest of her friends in her 5 year old class. They were the Rosetta Family, with the red sashes around their waists.

They also had their pictures taken and we were given them today at the end of the week. So cute. Sorry it's a bad copy, I just took a picture of the picture on my computer.

(Wow, no model-esque posing!)

LOL

It was such a wonderfully organized event and the work that was put into the week by the volunteers was AMAZING! Kudoos to Theresa, Dae's group teachers, and everyone that made this possible. You all Rock!

Swimming Lessons

Last week we packed up and headed off to G'ma and G'pas house to take swimming lessons.

Last year didn't go well as she didn't want to put her head under water, or jump in off the side off the pool. The floats and glides were met with resistance and groping hands/arms on the lifeguards/instructors. Heck, even the shower before you can get in the pool was a scary thing. LOL

This year, I had high hopes that something might have clicked over the winter and that we'd have greater success. The pre pool shower wasn't a problem anymore, (Yaaaaaa) and now it's time to jump in..... Not gonna happen. She "slips" in off the side. You know, where you get down and put one leg in at a time and kind of hop in. Ya okay, whatever works. Everything as a whole improved but yet not enough to earn her a pass. She ended up getting her head underwater on the last day, with some help, so that's a big success. I've even noticed in the bath she doesn't freak out anymore when she gets water on her eyes. So we're getting there. Maybe next year.

Does she know she didn't "pass"? Not really. Did she have fun? Most definitely!

Wordless Wednesday - 7 months

Well I'm a bit late on this one but this will have to do for his 7 month picture.

Oh Deer!

We live in a town that has a deer problem. 800 Deer (or something like that) in and around the town vicinity. Deer in our front and back yard at any given day. Have we ever had any problems with them? Other then eating our tulips, and pooping in the yard.... No, nothing worth complaining about. I don't mind them.

This weekend we are coming back from a wedding nearly 2 hours from our home and what happens? We hit a deer! I've concluded that these deer are not as smart as our deer. Ours know to stay out of the way and off the road. ;) We have to wait to have the insurance adjuster look at it, (next week) before we can fix it or even wash it. It's not horrible, except that I can only open the driver side door about a foot and have to squeeze in and out. Kind of embarrassing more than anything. LOL Good thing I'm not pregnant this summer! All in all, we're fine and nobody was hurt. Even the deer ran away relatively unscathed, at least to our knowledge. It's just a pain to get this dealt with and fixed. This is the second wedding we've gone to recently where it's ended in Autopac claims.......