the last nap

Sylvia has been slowly giving up naps.  I usually just tell her to have some quiet time after lunch.  Yesterday she took a bunch of library books in the guest room to relax.

When I checked on her I found books all over the bed and sweet, sleeping Sylvia.

When she finally woke up she was instantly smiling for the camera :)

Then she texted some friends from her Blackberry.

Haha!  Just kidding.  I don't know what she was doing there.  We were just chatting about something.

Such a sweetheart.  All day yestereday and today, as people have been posting pictures of "the night before kindergarten" and "the first day of school", all I can think is that I am so glad she is only 4.  This child has been waiting forever to turn 5 so she can go to kindergarten, but I'm glad she has to wait another full year.  My little baby:)

Although, it took her a long time to fall asleep last night, so I think, in general, naps are done.  Today, instead of quiet time, we had Mommy-daughter Wii Fit time!

p.s.  at the bottom of each blog post on the web-site, there are three recommended other posts "you might like".  After I posted this entry, this older one showed up and caught my eye:  http://thetexfamily.blogspot.com/2010/08/best-buddies.html
If you have time, watch the videos from that one.  Stella is just a month or so older than Jeremy is now and Sylvia was 2 1/2 or so.  I need to take more videos!!

Lots of love,

Keri

Bed time

Pictures can be deceiving.  If you look at this picture you might think bed-time was a quiet and cuddly time.

You wouldn't know about the fussy little baby who is crying because he just wants to be fed so he can fall asleep.

You wouldn't know about the 4 year-old who is crying because she is "too cool" for baths and needs a shower.

You wouldn't know about the 2 year-old who cries about....well, everything.

But really, we handled it well.  I changed and fed Mr. J while John started both girls in the bathtub.  It was a screaming, giggling, crazy kind of time, but that is normal for bed-time.  When Stella came out of the tub she was shrieking (totally normal for her), so Daddy consoled a little bare-butt Stella (cutest thing in the world!!) while I helped Sylvia take a shower.  Once everyone was clean, dry, and snug in their pj's, John read one of the library books for bed time.

If all goes well, bed-time ends with sweet, cuddly, quiet time.  :)

Lots of love,

 Keri

Sylvie swims with jumping babies

I thought I posted this 2 months ago.  I wrote this 2 months ago.  I donl't think I included these videos in any other post?  Who knows.  Anyway, here are some videos from 2 months ago:


These are a few videos from the last day of swim class.  By the end, Sylvie could paddle around with no bar bell and swim on her back with the bar bell and some assistance from her teacher.  Look Mom, no hands!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q5qgjbuzUE



And here is Sylvie swimming on her back (although Stella was MUCH more interested in those jumping babies!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXpwSgrbj34



Lots of love, 
Keri