Summer 2012 Milestones

This summer has been very productive and fun. 

Both Anna and Micaiah have excelled in swimming.

Anna has improved her strokes and kicks and is learning to do tricks off the diving board.

She is so brave jumping off the high diving board.

 

And its just amazing that Micaiah is swimming.

He sometimes wears his "muscles" but he really likes to put on his goggles and just swim on his own.

I think he could be an Olympic swimmer if he keeps it up!

Anna and Micaiah are also riding bikes, but the weather has just been 

too hot that we haven't been doing that much.

This summer Anna had the nickname "Toothless" because

she lost all her front teeth all at once.

Anna really enjoys drawing and coloring.

She drew her first family portrait.

Notice she wrote the ages above each person.

She even included Hosanna.

And Papa is the one with the big bumps on his arms.

 

Splash Cove

On Sunday, the kids actually slept in!!! This rarely ever happens. We all enjoyed the extra rest especially from all the activity the day before. We relaxed at home and then after their afternoon nap, we took the kids to the other local pool. It is so nice to have a family season pass to these kid-friendly pools. Both pools are very kid-friendly with zero entry level water, kid-sized water playgrounds, deeper pool areas, a lazy river, slides, and a wave pool. They are well maintained and very clean, not to mention the most kid-friendly pools in the KC metro area.

The pool that we took them to is called Splash Cove. It is in the heart of downtown Shawnee, about 7 minutes away.

As you can tell, Micaiah needed a little coaxing to test out the water!

He finally took the plunge and went down one of the waterslides!

Here is Anna and Papa taking the plunge under the big splash bucket!
(look how small they look compared to the splash!)

And Anna enjoying the waterslides too!

There are a few more pics that I'll share in the following post...

Splash Cove (continued)

Here are a few more pics at Splash Cove:

Micaiah taking a break

Anna enjoying the water playground!

Micaiah found a hole!

Our pool adventures have just started! :)

Swimming and a Carnival

This weekend we enjoyed spending our family time at the pool and a carnival. Saturday morning while I went to an art show, Brian took Anna and Micaiah to a parade that was the start of the "Old Shawnee Days" carnival. Anna really enjoys parades and would like to be in one some day. The parade lasted 2 hours. They enjoyed it and had a great adventure...

After nap time, we took the kids to a local pool. It was Micaiah's first experience in a kid pool. It was crowded though so I think he was intimidated. And eventually he just got so cold he was shivering. The pool has some really great slides! One slide is a tube slide and the other is a person slide. Anna can go down the tube slide with an adult, so she had a lot of fun! The first time she went down, I got that picture of her falling out of the tube at the end.
We all got a lot of sun!
After swimming, we went home to change and eat so that we could head over to the carnival.
"Old Shawnee Days" is the town carnival held in the downtown area. Its a popular carnival with rides, games, food, and musical entertainment. Anna got to ride some rides and her favorite was riding the ferris wheel with Papa (pictured below). Micaiah rode a spinny ride with Anna and Papa and got really dizzy. He played on the playground most of the time.
We had a great Saturday!