Swim team end of season

Jake had his last meet yesterday. He concluded with two personal best times on his races. We are so proud of what he has accomplished this season! Hopefully, little brother will be joining him on the team next season.

Jake is on the bottom row second to last on the right

Swimming Continued.....

It seems as though our life revolves around swimming right now. They can't seem to get enough. when I wake up in the morning they both have their swim suits on and are ready to go and then beg all day long to go to the pool. I finally have reached a point where they get in the water themselves and I can sit by the pool and watch. I am not to the point where I can read a book and relax but it is sure nice that I don't have to get in everyday! We have been going to the pool early where Josh has his swim lessons. This pool has a diving board and now they are hooked on the diving board. Jake is starting to do cool tricks as he jumps. Hopefully I will have more substance to my blogs other than swimming this summer. Josh inherited one of Jake's team suits. Before swim team started we had to purchase suits and the lady selling them told me the tighter the better. When I tried the larger size on she said that it wasn't tight enough so I went with the size smaller. Well, after we got home he wined and complained that it was too tight and he couldn't wear it. After a few days of torture, I felt bad and bought him the larger size. The suits are not cheap, so I decided to let Josh have it. He wears it to every lesson and even to Jake's practices. I guess it makes him feel special and part of the team. He is too cute!

Swim, Swim, and more Swim

Joshua started his swim lessons today. He was so excited he could hardly stand it. Jake has swim practice at 8:15 in the morning and then Josh has lessons at 4:00 in the afternoon and then they beg to go to the pool everywhere in between. Josh has been on the side lines watching Jake on swim team since April so now it was his turn. In fact, he has been sitting on the side lines since he was born and has wanted to participate in every sport Jake has been in. Now he is finally old enough to join sports and have the spot light on him for a change. I couldn't wipe the smile off his face if I tried. He did really great. Josh kept looking back at me and waving with a huge smile on his face. Whenever the teacher would tell them what they were going to do and then asked who wanted to go, his hand was always the first one up exclaiming "MEEEEE". His only set back is that he can't stop talking long enough to listen to the teacher. He talks non stop and is stirring up trouble while she is working with others. He is constantly asking the other kids if they want to watch what he can do and is bobbing in and out of the water and kicking up splashes when it is not his turn. He only got in trouble a half a dozen times but who's counting. At the end of the lesson they were able to jump off the side of the pool and before he would jump in he would shout "Caaandy ball!!, oh wait I can't do that. Caaandy Ball!!" and then jump. He watches Jake at the neighborhood pool say "Canon Ball" before he jumps off the side so I think he was trying to show off a little. He is such a special little boy really great and can't wait until tomorrow. Although he did tell me when we got home that "he was going to listen to his teacher tomorrow because he did not want to today." Huh? I guess I need to work on that also.

Construction

They are building a house directly behind ours and the boys are enjoying the sights and sounds.

Happy Birthday Grandma Patton!

Sorry I am a few days late on this post. We were fortunate to have celebrated Grandma's birthday with her this weekend. They came to Houston to see Jake's swim meet. The Rangers were in town playing the Astros so we took her to the game for her birthday. We had a terrific weekend visiting, swimming, eating ice cream, and playing farkel. Hope you had a fabulous 64th birthday Grandma Patton!!

Ault Field Day

Today was Jake's field day at school. It was very hot, but we all had a good time. It is not like the old days where teams compete against each other and you get ribbons and stuff. This day and age nobody is a loser, every one is a winner. They had different stations set up where they spent 4 minutes at each station doing relays. I am finding out quickly that end of the school year is a very busy time. Lots of activities going on.

Jake's 5th grade buddy

Josh's Cubbies Year End Celebration

Josh had his first year end graduation for Awana "Cubbies". He looked so cute in his vest and singing his song to everyone. He looked like he had a little stage fright but chimed in towards the end. Too cute!

Jake makes the swim team!

I signed Jake up for a swim clinc as a trial to see if they can make the swim team. They practiced twice a week for three weeks and at the end of the clinic supposedly if they could swim across the pool they make the swim team. I thought there was no way that he would be ready for the team this year. At the end of the clinic he recieved his paper that said he made it! I guess they changed their criteria and he only had to be able to swim 15 feet. After much consideration, I decided to let him go for it! He has been practicing 4 days a week for a couple of weeks and they had their first swim meet this past Sunday. I was so nervous for him since he still was not swimming unassited and had only swam the legnth of the pool with a kickboard. When I asked the head coach what we should do for the meet if he still wasn't quite swimming, she said "you show up". I guess they need to get times to put on future heat sheets. They are required to do two events (25 freestyle and 25 backstroke). How the heck was he going to do backstroke when they had never even showed him? Friday before the meet they were quickly going over backstroke, diving off the starting blocks and the air horn to start them off the block. Talk about sink or swim. After all weekend of nail biting and lots of comfort food, it was time for his meet. He did so awesome! I am so proud of him. I couldn't believe the fabulous stroke that he had when doing the freestyle, eventhough he had to stop and hang on the rope for every breath(apparantly its legal with the little ones). He succesfully completed both events. I am so excited for the rest of the season and to see how well he improves. Swim team rocks.

The Birthday Boy!!!

Josh made it to 4! He had an awesome birthday weekend. His Hot Wheel party day began at 6:00am saturday morning where he awoke to a room of balloons and quickly let Jacob know that this is his birthday and he could do whatever he wanted. At one point poor Jacob even asked Grandma if he had to be his slave. We celebrated at Chuck E Cheese and Josh had such a blast running from game to game. Jake hung out at the skeet ball the entire time. Grandma and Grandpa Denton made there first camping trip so the boys stayed with them on Saturday night. I think they stayed up until almost 11pm playing Monopoly, Jr! On Sunday, Uncle Timmy and Aunt Andi had a 4 hour layover in Houston coming back from a wedding. We were able to pick them up from the airport and take them to lunch and celebrate Uncle Timmy's birthday which is the 28th. Uncle Timmy and Josh quickly became best friends after Josh received batman wii as a present. It was really great to see Tim and Andi. Josh wore his party hat all weekend and I can't seem to get him to take it off. He even wore it to the Gym this morning.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSH-Y, WE LOVE YOU!

No More Training Wheels

Jake mastered riding a bike with no training wheels. For the last 1.5 years he would rarely even attempt to ride his bike with out the training wheels for fear of falling over. After seeing a fellow schoolmate learn in 2 days he gave it a try. After a couple of days of trying, he has succeeded on one of his old bikes. Next step will be to upgrade to his current bike which is quite a bit larger. Outstanding job Jake!

Weatherman Jake

The Museum of Natural Science had a News camera and screen that was not working, but that didn't stop Jake from acting out his own weather report. This is the weatherman of the next generation. You really should look out for that Rain! Funny thing is that it was 75 degrees that day and sunny with few clouds in the sky.

Sunday Afternoon

On Sunday we went to the Houston Museum of Natural Science and also visited Hermann Park near downtown Houston. The boys rode a train around the park and thoroughly enjoyed the dinosaur exhibit at the museum.