a day of fun in the sun.... and other stuff too

well, today was a pretty fun day for the kiddies. once again, they woke up bright and early. 6:45 for grace. bryan was nice enough to get up with her and i got to sleep in until about 7:30 when raegan woke up. we played, had breakfast, and then put raegan down for a nap. at that time, we headed out to the pool.... well, the hot tub at least. grace was so excited! she couldn't wait to go swimming. we were trying to help her remember how to kick her legs and swim, but she hasn't remembered just yet. she would just kind of float around in the pool with her floaties on and say, 'i did it, i did it!' then, when she would float her way over to the step, she would say, 'don't worry, i got ya.' just to let us know we were safe. after about an hour, bryan decided to jump into the 'big pool'. of course, grace was right there with him. for some reason the 70 degree water didn't bother her. she would play in the pool for a while, then run up the stairs to warm up in the spa. bryan talked her into going down the slide... by herself. so she went. unfortunately, no one was there to catch her at the bottom and she got a little terrified. me, wanting to post a video for the blog, asked her to go down again. we told her that daddy would be at the bottom to catch her, but she really didn't want to go.... so i yelled out, 'go down and we'll give you a piece of candy!' oh, the things children will do for candy. so down she went!

i think she thought it was a lot more fun to have someone catch her because she kept going down. about 30 minutes later, we decided we had had enough, so we went in. funny thing is, raegan slept through it all!

the rest of the day was spent taking naps and playing with all the cousins. tomorrow we have planned another easter party. this time at uncle david's. i know grace is looking forward to it!