Swimming Lessons

I enrolled Eli and Riley in swimming lessons.  The reason I did was because I took them swimming and they drove me nuts.  Riley wouldn't let go of me, Eli wouldn't stop making her panic and baby shivered through the whole thing.  By the time I was done, I was utterly exhausted.  So we signed them both up for swimming lessons while Eli was off track.  It was the best thing ever because they would get exercise, and it would calm them at home.  The lessons were back to back, so they had the same teacher.

Happy Birthday Riley!

We celebrated Riley's birthday at the Koyle's house.  This week is always a busy one for birthdays in the Koyle family.  We celebrated Anna, Alex, Damien, and Riley.  Danna made a cake for both Riley and Anna.  She always wanted a doll cake and after the fiasco last year for Eli's birthday, I was afraid to try to make another one. Good thing Danna was willing.  It turned out great!

Bangs

After getting Eli off to school, I came across this image and stopped dead in my tracks.  I hurriedly looked around and saw that Riley had cut a chunk of hair off.  She is upset in the picture because she was given a scolding about how we don't cut hair.  Her reply was "Mom, I saw the scissors and thought they were for cutting hair. I was forced to fix it and this is the result.

Pluggie... What?

Ok. Morgan started out not wanting a plug. (Eli had one and it was hard to break, Riley never took one and it was hard to not soothe her.)  Jared convinced her that she wanted it.  Afterword, he told me that he ruined the baby.  Ha! Ha!  She was not ruined.  She fixed herself.  She gave up the plug and sucked her thumb, up until she grew teeth.  Now she doesn't do anything.  Here, she randomly put the plug in her mouth.

Family Lunch on the Lawn

Eli's school had an activity in which they invited the family to eat on the lawn.  Many families brough fast food, but we wanted Eli to show us his cafeteria.  For first graders, the cafeteria is kind of a novelty.  He was pretty excited to show it to us and it was kind of neat comming to my old school and getting food from the cafeteria.

Imaginary Friends

Riley has had imaginary friends for about a year now.  You can tell she has them when she walks around with her hands in cupping shape.  It started with Jake (from Jake and the Neverland Pirates) then for a short time, it was Manny (from Handy Manny) and now it is Daniel (from Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood) as seen in the picture. 
We are living at my folks house and sharing a bathroom with my kids.  I don't mind too much, however, I am getting tired of sharing a bathroom with the imaginary friends.  I will go into the bathroom and Riley will yell at me because Jake or Manny is going potty.  I got so sick of it that I told her that her friends had to use a separate bathroom.  It is better now and I often see her walk to the other bathroom holding someone.

Morgan in the Exersaucer

All my babies have been in this exersaucer (as well as Asher and Evie) and now it is Morgan's turn.  She started moving around sooner than my other babies and so she doesn't love it as much as they did.  However, it is essential for her mommy to take a shower, every once in a while.