Kayaking

I don't have any pictures for this post, but want to document it anyhow. This weekend, Kyle and Emily went on their first kayak ride. We did our Father's Day a week late and Jeff decided he wanted to kayak. So we headed down to PB take the kids kayaking in the bay where the water would be much calmer than we are accustomed to kayaking (out in the ocean in La Jolla). We rented a double kayak, but they configured it such that Jeff was in the normal back seat with a seat for Kyle put in just in front of him. Then I was in the normal front passenger seat with a seat put in for Emily in front of me. The kids had a blast looking for fishies and animals. We saw a sea lion. In fact, we saw a whole family of sea lions swimming and basking in the sun. We saw a lot of pelicans and other sea birdies. We saw many boats and some pirate boats too! And we saw doggies on kayaks too. :-) Kyle had a good time taking turns paddling with Jeff. Emily just liked the ride and keeping a look out for sea life and wasn't so much interested in paddling. :-) This was pretty momentus because they were both reticent at first when we told them we were going kayaking. But once out on the water, they were both fine and had a great time.

Kyle jumps off the diving board

For the past 2 weeks, Kyle has been taking swim lessons. Emily has diligently sat on the sidelines, cheering Kyle on as her collarbone heals. She will be joining him in lessons next week! Kyle has progressed very well with his swimming skills and passed level 2 with this session. One of the highlights was going off the diving board into the deep end - 13 feet deep! It was really quite impressive because Kyle didn't even hesitate to jump in to his teacher. He LOVES jumping and enjoys swim lessons so he jumped right in!

Slow dancing

Little runner

Yes, I realize this video is Kyle running in circles, but after dinner he seriously ran for 30 minutes around the kitchen island. I think we have a runner on our hands... errr feet. Just like Daddy!

Please excuse the funny view. I recorded it sideways as I was trying to be sneaky recording Kyle - clearly he noticed - and then had to flip it in editing.

Ouch

We had quite the stroller accident Wednesday night. We were running a 5k race when the front tire broke off, ripping the brakes off with it causing the stroller to flip over. The kids were pinned underneath. I was pushing, but couldn't stop my forward momentum so I flipped over too, landing on top of the stroller. Kyle and I had some bumps and bruises, but poor little Emily fractured her collarbone.

We've had beach picnics, zoo picnics, and snow picnics. Now we have had a hospital ER picnic. This is about 9:30pm as Emily hadn't had dinner yet, though I might add we got to the ER after 8pm and she was registered, seen, x-rayed, evaluated, slinged and released by 9:30pm. So here she is enjoying her lovely hospital picnic of graham crackers, dried fruit, OJ, milk, banana, and peanut butter & jelly sandwich. Here, not only did she hurt, she was so mad about the Snoopy sling not being pink or very girly.

The next day, before her last day of preschool, with her sling dolled up - princess stickers attached, her arm wrapped in her Deedee (the one I made for her) and Sling Doggie Dog, as she named it - it was a little gift from the ER.

Dance recital

Saturday, Kyle and Emily had their first dance recital. It was beyond cute! Their class is normally 4 kids, 2 of which being Kyle & Emily. For the recital, they combined with another of Ms. Sarah's dance classes with kids the same age. They did three dances. Kyle is the only boy - black shorts and white shirt and Emily is right next to him. Unfortunately, they get a bit hidden behind some of the kids and they go off screen as I try to watch the recital live and not through a tiny screen.

A special thank you to Clark for rearranging his Saturday to see Kyle & Emily dance!

Boogie Bugle Boy (tap) - Kyle always wore his regular running shoes for dance class. He just likes his shoes. Not to mention, he got new running shoes on Friday that make him "run super fast and jump super high".



The slow and fast song (ballet)



Introductions


Good bye song (with the older kids too). From The Sound of Music - this one's for you Tommy!

Science Goggles

We have science class this month as well. The first week was about science equipment. One of such pieces being goggles. So the kids got to test them out and shoot off rockets - water and alka seltzer in a film canister. They have done this before in science class, but it's always a hit. We even got the equipment to do the rockets at home, except the goggle part and Kyle & Emily are more than aware we were forgetting them. But they sure do enjoy doing the rockets nonetheless. So if you hear hysterical giggling behind our house, it's Kyle & Emily setting off water and alka seltzer rockets.

Goggled friends at science class - AJ, Carter, Kyle, Emily and their favorite teacher, Ms. Jamie