Ideas, Ideas..QUICK!!!!!!!

Okay, here's what is happening. Today is Alex's 5th birthday...crazy I know! I will blog more about having a 5 year old later. Tomorrow is Alex's birthday party. We have had the whole thing planned for a while now. Dinosaur theme....dino bounce house rented...invitations sent.....cake ordered! Then this little tropical storm that is not really a tropical storm gets stirred up in the Atlantic right off of South Carolina. We have had 30 mile per hour gusts the last day or two and today it is POURING!!!!!!!!!! It is supposed to last all night and finally quit raining just in time for Alex's party. Problem one - You can't put up a bounce house with 30mph wind gusts. Problem 2 - our back yard is now soaking wet. The whole party was supposed to be outside. Problem 3 - I have around seven 4&5 year olds who will be at my house at 10:00 in the morning ready to party. I am having to replan the party NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, what ideas do you have? I just made a "Pin the Horn" on the Dinosaur Game. We already had plans to go "Digging for Dinos" in a swimming pool of sand. We will just move that to the garage instead of the backyard. So, what else do you have for me? Any and all ideas will be greatly appreciated!

Once our rainy day Dino Party is done, I will post pictures and give you a full update!

Emily Update

Emily is growing like crazy and talking like crazy too! She is lots of fun and many nights Ryan and I just shake our heads listening to the things she has to say. There are still times we don't understand everything she says and we both agree that is probably a really, really good thing! She has no trouble speaking her mind. Her favorite thing to say is "no, no". And typically "no, no" is paired with shaking her finger at whatever or whomever she is unhappy with! For the most part she is pretty laid back and happy. There are times when I start wondering where she is, and I will find her up in the playroom playing with something. That is where several of these pictures were taken. I found her laying in the bean bag feeding her baby. Such fun memories!

Sports Camp

Alex spent a week this summer at a Sports Day Camp. It was his first time to do anything like this. He was a bit nervous the first day because he didn't know anyone, but he quickly made new friends and had a BLAST! Each day the kids focused on a different sport....soccer, beach ball volleyball, basketball, and track and field. They learned some basics of each sport and then talked about how to be good sports and play together as teams. It was great and he is wanting to go back again next summer!

Future Clemson University Ultimate Frisbee Champ

Speed Racer!!!!!!!!!

More race action

End of week Awards Ceremony

Summer Memories

Well, Summer is officially coming to an end in the next few weeks and I thought I would do a quick summer recap and post some pictures that we've taken since June that have not been posted. We had a pretty laid back summer at home playing, but we did go to the beach back in June (see beach pics in an earlier post). One of our other favorite things to do is go out on the boat. We took several Friday or Saturday mornings and made the short trip to the lake to go for boat rides. Alex has begun to learn how to knee board this summer. We have pictures of him sitting on the board, but none of him actually being pulled by the boat yet....it's hard to take pics when one of us stays in the water with him, while the other drives, and yes, we just pray that Emily stays in the seat beside the driver and watches without moving! Both kids took swim lessons this summer. Emily LOVES the water and has NO FEAR! Her favorite thing to do is jump off the swim platform on the boat whether Ryan and I are ready for her to jump or not. Alex has definitely improved in his swimming this summer. He has the basics down....it isn't a pretty stroke, but he does pretty well at keeping himself afloat!