Water Baby and Sliding Sweetheart

This is what Sidney Kate conquered.  Be impressed!

Over 6 times! Here is her first time with Daddy.

Second...

First (and only) time with Mommy...she was a Daddy's girl when it came to the slide.

Everytime she hit the water she'd say, "I wanna do it again!"

Big Summer Day...OF FUN!

The first weekend in July is always the big family reunion. Well, we added to the excitement this year by packing our day full of fun! First we met up with "Aunt Em-a-lee, Ry Ry and Ky-dee" at the park. How sweet is Rylan pushing SKV?

Then we went to Main Street to meet up with King. Sidney Kate impressed him with her Silly Bands.

After we napped and ate lunch we ran to meet the Freemans at the pool. This was another moment that told me I officially have a water baby. At first she wouldn't wear floaties, but we had to convince her after she kept asking to be alone in the pool. "I wanna do it myself!" After the floaties were on she was golden! Jumping off the diving board...

and hanging by herself. (Go Derek Go!)

I love Water!

It turns out we have a water baby! I was actually thinking she wasn't going to be a fan. I don't know if swimming lessons had anything to do with it or not...but I hope she is always playful like this!
She thought she'd get a drink...she got a lot more!

This is just a look that tells you-"You're in trouble!"

After Daddy and Sidney Kate fought over the hose, Daddy won.

Tough Life!

Ah the life of a 2 year old...tough!

Having to clean bugs out of your pool...

Having to stress over which toy to play with...

Having to get the darn golf ball out of the Easter egg! Ugh!

Her quotes while she worked on getting the egg out. "Come...on! Come on ball! I get you! Ugh!"

Our Little Pool

GG got SKV a swimming pool for her birthday and we finally got to try it out! For a week I had been attempting to come home and let her play, but it stormed at 3:30(ish) every day for a week. We finally got a clear day and it ended up being GG's visiting day. Sidney Kate begs to go to "swimming lessons" everytime we pass the local community center, so he was eager to jump in her pool when we filled it up. She had a blast and GG got to sit for once.


She showed off her diggers and splashing ability.

She had a big time kicking too! I'd say those swimming lessons were worth it!

Summertime Fun!

Yeah for summer! Summer means warm weather and water play!
This is the cutest, easiest water toy ever! (Thank you Liz & Marty)
You plug up the hose and walah!
She claimed, "I love playing in the water, it's...so...much...fun!"
The fish in the middle had fatter holes, so if you stepped (or sat-see below) on them the water came out with more force and went higher.

Here are some things she said when I took this picture...
"Stop it water!"
"Water, get outta my way!"

Always one to drink the water.

Swimming Success

Sidney Kate completed her first set of swim classes and earned a big prize...A SUCKER! They put the sucker in the cup of the trophy and honestly...they could have only given her a sucker and she would have been thrilled!

"Con-dee" is so exciting to her and the sucker was no exception!

She was the only girl in the class, but didn't seem to mind! Her buddy, Sid (also Sidney), had a good time too. They frequently said hey to one another and cheered each other on when jumping off the ladder.

I can only imagine what the other people were thinking...we had every grandparent there and an aunt. Some might say overkill but we'll just call it a loving family! (First grandchild might also be a reason.) :)

Swimming with Daddy!

Cute outfit provided by UB, Mary, Aunt Jill and Uncle Josh. The bathing suit was a birthday gift and Aunt Jill and Uncle Josh got the super cute coverup on their fun vacation this year. Adorable!

Daddy and SKV's first swimming lesson together. Big fun!

Awwwww

Hey Mommy!!

FIRST SWIMMING LESSON!

So Daddy took a million pictures of Sidney Kate's first swimming lesson (rock on Daddy!), but I'm only going to post four.
As soon as we arrived she wanted her shoes off and to get in-I was so excited that she was interested!

She walked a few steps in by herself and then said, "Mommy, I hold you!"

The first few seconds were a little scary, (don't worry grandfolks, this didn't last a minute!)

After we sang the first song, she was all smiles the rest of the 30 minutes! She swam, kicked, dug, quacked, washed, walked the wall and jumped off the ladder. She had a ball! The sweetest thing was after jumping off the ladder each time she hugged me and excitedly said, "Thank you Mommy!"

The night ended with cries of, "I wanna go swim lesson! I wanna play in the water!"
So glad it was crying as we left instead of during! Swimming lessons, here we come!

Pool Fun with the Freemans!

Sunday we headed up the road to more pool fun with the Freemans. Sidney Kate enjoyed herself and even let us put her in a float! We're glad to see that her pool anxiety has drifted off for now!

"Growing Up" Weekend Part 5

And here's the big shocker!! Sidney Kate played in the pool! She had such a wonderful time in the water we hated to get her out to eat! She tried blowing bubbles with her mouth, she splashed us by throwing the ball, she (and daddy) laughed as I chased them around the water-it was so fun to see her enjoy the water and not need to cling to us for dear life!

Here I am getting her! We walked all over that pool laughing!

Another huge thing...she let someone else hold her and play with her in the water! Papa Bill pulled her around and around and she really enjoyed it!

Family fun picture!