Kate and her Lovely Clan

     I love Kate and her family. Unfortunately, they are moving very far away. Our goodbyes were soaked with tears yesterday.  But I told her that I hoped to see her and her family in New York next summer.  And that my hubby has already given the children the green light to study at Hillsdale ;-).  Here is a sneak peek on our family session yesterday. More pics to come later this weekend...

S is 6

S turns 6 in about an hour.  

When I entered my last trimester of pregnancy with her, she started lifting textbooks off my belly.  I had taken a Spanish and Greek class during that period of my pregnancy, seizing the time as my final opportunity to indulge myself academically.  In the evenings, my husband and I would watch her unborn feet rub against the textbooks perched on my belly and marvel at how the books would undulate up and down like a wave.   Who knew that an unborn fetus could exert so much power in the world?   She really was a testament to the humanity of babies in the womb.  And now, when we cuddle on the couch, she still rubs her feet against me just like in the days of her gestation.  Some things never change.  

I love you, S!  I thank God for you.  

But the girls went swimming...

The girls jumped at the chance to go swimming at their Auntie J's.

S jumped in first.

E was determined to show me she could swim.

She swam with her face under the water across the shallow part of the pool.

She loved going back and forth between the kiddie pool and the larger adult one.

For once, they forgot to fight and simply enjoyed themselves together.

Auntie J can be such a blast!

Such simple pleasures during summer vacation.

Not a little sailor

The boy refused to go swimming the other day.

He decided to go and explore the clubhouse instead.

I think a spider web piqued his interest.

He was ready to be served.

But I told him I was his Mama not his maid!