Summertime pics - Week 2

Week 2 is in the books for us! First week with Carter home all day! We finished Ella's swim lessons up this week and spent a lot of time in the pool. 

   Cole taking his morning nap at swim lessons. Sweet boy!

He woke up and was happy to have Carter there to entertain him.

Monday was especially hard for him because we had well check up appointment for Carter, straight to swim lessons for Ella, and then straight to gymnastics. He was soooo happy to get out and crawl around!!

Silly girl!

They have done their share of arguing so far, but I'm happy to say that the first week with everyone home went great! Carter plays so well independently, and he has really encouraged Ella to do the same. And they've even played together nicely a lot too! Hope it lasts!!

Lots of pool time! Tuesday we made it into THREE different pools. (Swim lesson pool, friends pool right after, and the our pool in the evening). Definitely a new record for us.

Ella made a new friend, and the promptly jacked her dolphin float!

Trying on his new life jacket for our lake trip!

Hiiii! (And Ella photo bombing with a little pout).

 Love their snuggles

Selfie with my boys at swim lessons! Look at Cole smiling! He knows what to do!!

Some indoor playtime on the bounce houses! Fun for everyone!

Love after dinner swims where you don't even have to mess with sunscreen! Also, Ella lets Eric toss her in the air now!! She has made great improvements this summer! Starting out, putting her face in was her biggest struggle, but she now happily does that, and we're very proud! She does great swimming without her float, but will still be wearing it this summer due to the whole '3 kids at the pool alone' thing. Kinda necessary at this point!

Cole loves to explore the sidelines too!

All the swimming this week has left this girl TIRED! On Friday, she took a nap at 10:30am because she was in dire need based on her behavior and attitude. :/

 Carter loves art, so I took him to Hobby Lobby to pick out some different activities. He spent a nice, quiet hour or more painting this masterpiece!

 So handsome with a fresh new haircut, too! And that tan :)

We went to a friend's Lego party on Saturday, and the kids had fun building this fun motorized spinny thing to color on!

Sunday was just an easy day at home! Carter starts VBC tomorrow!