Time for swimming!

One thing I love about Texas is the short, mild winters and early summers. Granted the summers are LONG and HOT, but that really only lasts a few months and the rest of the year is great. We actually went swimming for the first time this year in February when we had a short warm spell, however, it didn't warm long enough for the water to get warm so I put the swim suits away for a while longer! These last couple of weeks we've stayed pretty consistently in the 80's so I thought we'd try again. The girls absolutely LOVE the water. Melody has a life jacket from last year and she just goes. She doesn't need our help at all. And the toy Katie is playing with was given to us last year by a neighbor. I didn't even know them, but they were at the pool one day the same time we were and she asked me if I wanted it. Score! Free toys are always good!

At any rate we had a blast! We usually only stay for about an hour so I'm really glad we have a pool in the complex. I'd hate to pay to go swimming for an hour! I also put a video in the bottom bar.

Sweet Sister

Melody has her moments when I'd really like to ring her neck, or sell her to the zoo, or tie her to the ceiling. However, she also has her moments where she is just sweet. I like to think once we get past this 'I'm the boss and decide everything we do and there's nothing you can do about it' stage she'll really be a wonderful little girl to be around *fingers crossed*

One thing she really enjoys is making her sister laugh. She's as shameless as Jared when it comes to getting a laugh out of Katie. When I'm finishing lunch I'll put Katie in her high chair and she always gets mad that I dared put her there with no food. I'll ask Mellie to make her sister laugh and she almost takes it as a personal challenge. It never fails she gets Katie giggling one way or another!

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Easter

I'm a little behind in my posting because of our impromptu vacation to Utah that was not nearly long enough! We ended up being on the road on Easter because we extended our stay in St. George one more day so we didn't really celebrate. I don't feel too guilty though since the kids are still to little to understand. I did, however, get dresses for them. Really any excuse to buy my girls cute clothes is something I'll jump on! I tried to get some posed pictures, but in the end I just started snapping pictures as fast as a could. I think they turned out pretty good considering I'm an amature at this picture taking thing! I just loved the ones of Melody with her fly away hair and skinned knees! She may not ever achieve at being a little lady, but she sure is a lot of fun! Katie was more interested in exploring what she could find on the ground than the fact that I was trying to get her to look at me which is why in most of the pictures she's looking at the ground. My silly beautiful girls!