Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Mesquite Groves Aquatic Center

Well, it finally happened. After all these years of keeping this blog, I actually missed a month. April saw no blog updates at all. However, I took a bunch of photos, and a few videos, today, so I decided to do a post.

The Mesquite Groves Aquatic Center opened a few weeks ago. It is only open until 1pm, before closing to re-open at 4pm.  I decided on this super-hot day, I'd send the kids to school in their swim trunks, pick them up a few minutes early, and go straight to the pool. It was a great decision. The kids had a blast! They ate sandwiches in the car on the way there, so they got straight into the water. It is amazing to see how they play now they are older and better swimmers. I'm already excited to take them back next Friday when they have a day off school.


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Sweet girls
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Excited Walter
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Swimming Gordon
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Snack break
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Swim fun
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Sillies!
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A still shot from a video of Walter doing a cannon ball

Walter and Adele come down the slide

Gordon comes down the slide.



Time to JUMP!!!

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Gymnastics

The kids started a gymnastics class through the Town of Gilbert. They go once a week, for almost 8 weeks. The age range of the class is 3-5 years old, so it is a very intro-level class and lots of fun. The kids LOVE it.


An opening group warm up.

I think this is the exercise where the kids told me they were making pizza.

Walter practicing his moves


Adele, then Gordon

Saturday, March 26, 2016

Neighborhood Egg Hunt

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Ready and waiting for the neighborhood egg hunt
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Gordon finding an egg
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Adele
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Walter
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Walking to find friends. The egg hunt was spread over a HUGE area.  This doesn't even come close to capturing how big it all was.
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Walter digging into the candy while we chatted with neighbors and friends.
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The kids making themselves comfortable.
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Adele kept asking if she could eat another candy. My kids are used to me doling the candy out piece by piece, but this time, I told them just to eat it all. *laugh*
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Silly Gordon
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A friend took this family photo for us. The kids had a great time at the egg hunt. They told me many times how much fun it was.
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After we got home, the kids ate lunch, then watched a movie, and then they dyed eggs. They got really into that activity, too.