Saturday, June 19, 2010

It's not summer until ...

The pool opens ...

Last week it was finally warm enough to make our first pool trip of the season! We all had a blast.

Hunter and Kellen had a great time showing off their beach bods ...




Practicing their strokes...




And all the time managing to be adorable ...






While Eli spent time at the big pool obviously trying to impress the girls with his goofy faces ...





and his apparent mastery of deep water meditation?





If these happy faces are any indication of the season ahead - bring it on!

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

The Blue Bird House - A Joint Effort

So a few weeks ago, a volunteer from the local nature center offered to help Eli's class build Blue Bird houses. Scott and I try to rotate out for school events so that there is always somebody to share Eli's fun days at school. In the past, it seems to have worked out that I get field trips and scott gets activities at school... except for this year! Yeah, I either totally underestimated the complexity of a Blue Birdhouse or overestimated my ability to follow simple instructions. To make a long story short, here is a great picture of one of the other boy's gramps helping Eli to rebuild his birdhouse after I managed to screw up the very first piece! If you look behind Eli and this helpful soul, you will also note that most of the kids in Eli's class have completed their birdhouses (Eli noticed, to which he stated..."I knew Scott should have helped with this one.")
Eventually the construction of the birdhouse was completed and we brought it home. Next step ... figuring out how to mount it. I can take credit for this. Trying tp redeem myself, I bought the supplies and mounted the birdhouse while everybody (specifically, Scott and Eli) were out of the house. With a little artistic help from Hunter and Kellen, we now have a Bluebird House that any Bluebird should be proud to call home.