The View From Our Dinner Table: June 2010

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Wow!

Natalie's been working on her Ns for about a week now, but tonight Mommy tried to up the ante a bit. Using some handy crayons to form the letters (thank goodness there are no S or C letters in her name!) Natalie copied that visual and was able to write her name ALL BY HERSELF!

Cuteness

In order for Daddy to peacefully stand in line to get his new iPhone, he ~~bribed~~ promised Jillian a Build-A-Bear. As luck would have it the line at the Apple store was WAY too long when they went, but Jill held him to his promise and made her first bear. Miss Olivia, the bear, was outfitted with an adorable yellow sleeveless shirt, white denim pants, strappy sandals and a white straw hat... one which remarkably matches the one Jill got Mommy for her birthday and now currently resides in Jill's room...hmmm...

Miss Natalie, on the other hand, weaseled some new barrettes out of Mommy on a recent shopping trip.

More swimming

Jill's second meet and not only did she cut 5 seconds off her freestyle time, she also got to swim backstroke!

That's her in the center of the photo

So proud of her first ribbon... third place in freestyle exhibition 8 and under

And her first meet this week? She took another 5 seconds off her freestyle time and while we didn't get the back time, she improved so much we wouldn't be surprised to see her drop 10 seconds there too! Yay Jilly!

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Dancing Queen

Its recital time again! This year Jill danced tap to "La Bamba" and did ballet to "Cherish".

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Our Swimmer

Jillian had her first swim meet! She swam the 25m freestyle exhibition and did awesome. 46.30 seconds!

last minute reminders from Coach Dad

working her way down the pool

Finished!

Happy girl!

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Relay for Life

In honor of Aunt Kim and Aunt Kristen, we participated in Relay for Life this year as part of the Buckskin Battalion, a team of CV teachers. We worked in the concession stand, played, walked the track and met lots of new friends! The girls didn't spend the night but we were there until 10:30 Friday night and back again super early Saturday morning, maybe next year we will camp out...