Back in the Swing

We are finally feeling back to normal on our usual schedule with school for the kids and for me, my social agenda!  This week, I started private lessons with a French tutor.  It brings back many fond memories of French class in high school.

A big highlight of our week was getting a package from Nana!  Among all of the goodies, Blakely is SO happy to have new playdoh.

The weather is pretty Seattle-like in that is rains often and is overcast a lot.  That said, if I were in Seattle, I would consider this a very good fall/winter compared to most.  We have some really great indoor pools here in Lux and often this is our Friday activity of choice.  We are lucky to get the pool almost to ourselves on Friday afternoons because all of the other kids are in school!  We are blessed to have a private school that allows us to elect our half days.

In the family pool, Colden loves the floating boats... You can also see a big black slide that runs outside of the building in the background... This is the best.  They boys climb two stories up to ride it down laughing and racing over and over.  We usually spend 30-45 minutes just on the slide.

I love how this pool was designed for young families... You can't see it here, but there is a family bathroom right next to the baby pool which is as warm as bath water.  They set out a basket of water toys for kids to use freely.

And if you have a baby who just needs to stay dry, a playpen!

That's what we are up to!!