splish splash at swim class

I signed Jenna and Joshua up for swim lessons for this winter/spring. This Sunday was their first lesson of the season. Jenna LOVED the water and Joshua is an ole pro, of course. Petra and Joe also signed Eliza up for the “Mommy and Me” class. It was really nice having friends there with us!

My Kini Baby

Jenna & Mommy

Bubby joined us in the pool. Jenna and Joshua both LOVED playing together!!!

KISSES

FRIENDS!!!!!!

Jenna giving Eliza kisses

She thought it was hilarious to blow bubbles in the water.

Baby Eliza

Still Waters

Joshua got a lot of praise for his awesome technique!

CAKE OFF!!!

Pack 19 had their yearly Blue and Gold Banquet this past Saturday. Joshua spent Friday night and Saturday making an awesome “camp scene” cake for the Cubscout Bakeoff. All of the dens participate in skits (which were adorable) and bake a cake or make some kind of a desert for after the dinner. Joshua won first place in the Bakeoff, his cake ROCKED!

Pond: with a dock & cat tails.

Fire pit: with candles for the “fire” and marshmallows to roast!

Tent: for sleeping in of course!

The First Place Winner (in best of show) is:

“A quiet day in the woods” By: Joshua Walker

This is what Joshua named his cake. And please note that the fire pit is actually on fire in this picture.

Jenna was highly impressed with the food, forget the cake!

Joshua played a hilbilly in the Bear Den’s Skit.

AWARDS:

Jenna was a ham the entire evening, she really enjoyed playing with her uncle Devon and crawling under the table to Mama & Papa.

Jenna UNDER the table:

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Potty please

Jenna and I have been having the occasional “potty talk”. “Big girls pee pee in the potty”, “do you need to go pee pee or poo poo?”, etc. This morning we had our first try at it. She woke up with a pretty dry diaper on, which is the first step. My initial thought was, maybe…..just maybe she’ll go on the potty this time. So, we went in the bathroom, got undressed, and sat on the potty. And sat, and sat, and sat….. I talked her through it, “big girls...this and big girls… that” She simply wasn’t ready. I took her off of the potty, pulled her pants up and explained, “if she were to pee pee on the potty she could wear panties and not a bulky diaper”. I started into her bedroom to get a clean diaper while she mulled that over for a second. I soon heard the pitter patter of her two little feet (she follows me everywhere I go when we’re home). The pitter patter stopped and was followed by a dripping sound. “What in the world is that?”, I thought. When it hit me, Jenna was standing in the hallway, peeing in the floor!!!!! Ugh. Our first attempt failed….miserably. :) But it sure was cute to see her so excited to try.

Happy Valentine’s Day

Jenna had a great time at her Valentine’s Day Party at school. We came home early and just played, this is how it went….

Had a few giggles….

Opened Valentine’s Day Cards from school…

Mommy got a new Valentines Day Otter Box, I sure do LOVE it!!!

I had to work on Saturday the 13th, the day before Valentine’s Day!

Ugh…but, decided to make some fun of it :)

Look at those berries! They were just as delicious as they looked!

And the Chocolate, it was pretty tasty too!

We made Chocolate Covered Pretzles….

Step 1

Step 2

Strawberries….

…and Raspberries. (which weren’t picture worthy, but WERE delicious!)

TA-DA!! Homemade Edible Arrangements! Made with LOVE!!

While working on Saturday, busting my rump to make yummy treats for my boys, I received this lovely bouquet of flowers from my babies.

Valentine’s Treats for my Joshua.

My two precious baby J’s made me Valentine’s Treats this year too! We always give each other the sign for love. And I sure do LOVE these Valentines!!!

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!!!