Except for the fact that he is still a horrible car rider.
And the fact that no matter what kind of treats I buy him, nor does it matter how expensive they are, he won't touch them. :)
And the fact that most of the time, he does not sleep thru the night.
Other than that, he really is the most amazing dog ever. He ♥'s the wee ones & we ♥ him. Ü
Slowly, I began loosening my grip. Until she was doing this:
After that, she was brave enough to jump in, with her daddy or I catching her. When she would jump to me, I slowly began backing up. Until I wasn't catching her at all.
By the following day, she was jumping alone. Even gets in the ready position. Toes on the edge! Ü
Go!
7 days ago, she realized she could do this:
And alas, tonight, jumping on noobles. Ü
Tada! Yes, she says tada! Ü
Not bad for a tiny person who just turned 2 1/2 three weeks ago, heh? We have always had a pool (even at our previous home) -however, she is our earliest 'swimmer' yet. I wonder when the life jacket will come off? Hubby wants to try now. I say it's too soon. We'll see. :)
Please excuse the scenery - the left corner of our backyard is the worst part of our entire yard. Not only that, a few weeks ago, hubby pulled up all of our landscaping this side of the pool fence. So it's looking a little, well, drab.
And swimming suits are so overrated, don't you think? Ü
The most humorous/entertaining part of the garage sale were all the children's clothing. Oh. Holy. Pickles. I had no idea I had that many clothes. It was completely overwhelming. And I did not get all the bags/containers opened & separated; therefore, people came into my garage, sat down on the floor & opened all my stuff themselves! And I let them. I was beyond caring at that point. Ü It's a shame the photos do not do justice to the actual amount of clothing/shoes I had. People were throwing this & digging thru that, & now the remainder of the clothes are a complete mess! All my sets have been separated & I have to start all over again. At least I can drag them into the house & resort in the air conditioning. :)
The below 2 photos are what I have left. And did I mention the clothes were all size 4T & under? LOL It's quite obvious my children had all (or most) of these clothes prior to moving into the money pit. 'Cause it'll be quite some time before they see a selection equivalent to what they were provided in the past. Baha! Ü
There is a somewhat new children's resale shop in our area (not the one I contacted about a year ago). Once I get a game plan & begin reorganizing the clothes, I'll be phoning them to see if they are interested in any of this. I have some leftover baby items as well, so hopefully they'll take the majority of what's left. I'll be taking the rest to Goodwill, after pulling some out for a friend.
All in all we had a super sale. But I sure don't want to do it again. Ever. Ü
This is all I have accomplished thus far. Baha! Nothing has been priced - heck, I haven't even opened sacks/lg. trash bags/plastic containers yet! With 4 small children & the Texas heat, I am quite skeptical I can be ready by Friday. On top of that, all my immaculate baby items (swing, exercauser, etc.) that I had all washed fresh are filthy from sitting in the garage so long. :( 
This one is a little soft on the face, but I love it just the same.
And because photos don't always have to be perfect - talking.
Below - my favorite! This is her, 95% of the time.
It's really starting to hit me that she'll be in Kindergarten come August. And I've discovered, I'm not ready. I told my husband last night that I feel like I'm losing my children one by one. And I'm just not ready.
And after excruciating manual labor...
Tada! Ü
Don't be hatin'. It's not attractive on you. Ü
