If you recall, we had a very busy week which ended with a trip to Becky and Rex's with my side of the family to swim. We left their house after dinner, the kids slept on the hour drive home, and we loaded them up into bed knowing that when the alarm went off Saturday morning, we were going to be busy.
Saturday was Harper and Jack's very first swim lesson. They're taking lessons through the city at an indoor pool and Tony and I are both in the water with them the whole time. The first lesson went okay. Neither Harper nor Jack seemed excited to be swimming, but they did try to kick a little bit, do the "monkey crawl" on the edge of the pool, and they practiced climbing out of the pool on their own. The big shock of the swim lesson was when the instructor called us all into a circle and we sang "Ring Around the Rosy" at the "all fall down" section, she instructed us to dunk the kids under water. Neither Harper nor Jack saw this coming, and they both came up sputtering a little, but they didn't cry. Jack did, however, start saying "I want to go home" shortly after this. When I told him we had two more swim lessons, he cried.
After swim lessons, we ran home to eat a quick lunch, take a baths, and pack up the car to make our trip to Emmy's house. The kids were great in the car. They read books and played until Tony and I decided it was time for their naps; I reached into the backseat and took their books from them, gave them some blankets, and they were out. Harper slept almost three hours!
The kids were so excited to see Aunt Erica, Uncle Bubba, Emmy and Papa (who had come up for the weekend too)- they took off into the house ready to explore. Emmy was excited to show Harper and Jack her playroom, and the kiddos were so happy to play that they would barely sit down to eat supper. Emmy and Harper were fast friends, and surprised all of us holding hands running through the house. We are so blessed to have cousins close to be able to grow up with.
Harper and Jack were excited to see the farm (they had been talking about cows all week), but it rained almost the whole time we were there, and we didn't get to see much.
Sunday morning Jack woke up early and was a little scared being in a different place. I grabbed him from the room he was in and put him in bed with me (Tony had bailed off the blow up mattress because it wasn't holding air very well). I loved snuggling with this little one, and we even got a little more sleep.
When we ere all up and ready, we went out to brunch for Emmy's birthday- our table has expanded quite a bit in the last three years, and we're getting ready to expand again (I guess I should say Uncle Bubba and Aunt Erica are getting ready to expand again). I can't imagine what our crowd is going to look like when Aunt J, Uncle Steve and their crew are all around the table too. On a side note, Harper was very excited to eat these pancakes- they're as big as her head!
After breakfast we went back to the house to open presents and play and have cake and ice cream. Jack spent the entire time Emmy was opening her presents telling Emmy what we had gotten her; he kept saying "there's a soccer ball and a book in there!" and pointing to the gift bag we brought. When Emmy finally opened our gift, Jack said "See, I told you!" He is too funny.
Emmy did a great job opening gifts and she cracked me up with her enthusiasm for her gifts. As soon as the last present was unwrapped, the kids were back up and playing again. The Thrall Collett's have a finished porch off their farm house and it's the perfect place for the kids to run, especially since it was raining Sunday afternoon. Harper, Emmy, and I ran races, and Jack spent most of time playing with Emmy's giant bouncy ball.
Thankfully, the kids were worn out when we got back in the car to head home. They once again took naps, and were bright-eyed and bushy tailed when we pulled into Nana and Pop's house to pick up Abby who was staying with them. We played at Nana and Pop's for about an hour, and then we made our final trek home.
It was good to be back and sleep in our own beds.
The weekend was exhausting, but fun and totally worth all the driving. We can't wait to go back to the farm and actually get to see all the cool stuff Uncle Bubba has to show us. Happy birthday, Emmy! We love you!
P.S. Sunday when we asked Jack to tell Papa about his swim lesson, he started singing "Ring around the rosy..." then abruptly stopped and said "I don't want to talk about it!" HA! I guess swim lessons were a little more traumatic than we thought!
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