How We Roll . . .

. . . this is how we like to spend time at the pool:

- 5 minutes to find everyone's bathing suits.
- 8 minutes getting everyone dressed.
- 3 minutes to pack towels and hats and find flip flops
- 4 minutes digging around the closet trying to remember where I put the suntan lotion
- 6 minutes getting everyone loaded in the car and cramming our pool floats and toys in the trunk
- 1 minute to run back in the house to grab a water bottle and the pool pass.
- 30 seconds to drive to the pool.
- 2 minutes to unload, grab kids, toys, towels and walk to the pool.
- 6 minutes to spray suntan lotion on everyone and put hats in place.
- 30 seconds to jump in the pool
- 1 minute to get Abigail situated in her float
- 1 minute for Emily to find friends near the steps and play with them
- 2 minutes for Emily to swim around with Dad . . . .

10 seconds for everyone to jump out of the pool when a big thunderclap hits the sky!!!! . . . 30 seconds later everyone runs home and the bottom falls out.

27 minutes to get to the pool . . . less than 5 minutes spent in the water . . . and that's how we like to go swimming around here : )

In other fun news Emily spent more time as a princess:

and then she asked her Dad to dance with her and my heart melted all over the floor:
Saturday was my birthday so we had lunch at my favorite restaurant! Abigail sat in a high chair for the first time. She looks like such a big girl! She even ate a few puffs for lunch:

After baths last night (cleaning up from all the time spent at the pool!) Joe got Abigail ready for bed while I bathed Emily and got her ready for bed. By the time I got back downstairs, Abigail's hair was completely dry . . . but Joe forgot to brush it . . . so just in case you ever want to know what unbrushed hair looks like on a baby . . . here it is:
I had to get this picture of Emily. She said her friend Julia was here and needed to take a nap. So I had to make pallets for both of them: