The Polson Family!

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Every Inch!

 Love this sweet baby so much....from head..
to toes!

Backyard Camp-out!

We really wanted to fit in some camping this summer.  We've never really been able to go tent camping since it's pretty hard to find spots in California.  There are a lot of fun places close to Boise but as it turned out our weekends just got to busy to make it.  So we'll put in on the "must-do" list for next summer.  Since we didn't make it real camping we decided to do one backyard camp out this summer.  The girls were super excited.  We roasted hot dogs for dinner and then Jason and the girls got to work on the tent.  They were actually quite helpful and had the tent up pretty quick. 


As it got dark and before bedtime we cooked up some smores (on our barbeque).  Suprisingly, our girls weren't really fans..so sad.  Maybe it's an acquired taste!  They each had a couple of bites and handed them over to Jason and I.


All ready for bed!!  Abby and I were exempt from the actual sleeping outside portion of this camp out!

The tent all lit up but their little lantern!!  They had a fabulous time.  Just one more fun thing to do in a backyard!

Swimming Lessons!

We took a couple of sessions of swim lessons this summer at the YMCA.  The first session went really great, mostly because both girls had a cousin in their class.  Second session was a differest story.  Emily's class was fine.  She loves to swim and has no problem getting in and taking off.  Lauren mostly loves water but like most things if she decides she doesn't like it that day...well, there's just not a lot you can do about it.  We got to the first day of the second session and it turned out that Lauren was the only one in her class.  I was super excited, she basically had private lessons, which she kindof needed.  She had the same cute teacher as the session before, so I figured, no problem.  The first two days were great.  The third day she decided she wasn't getting in....at all.  So frustrating.  I think all young moms know the feeling, I am frantically offering her everything short of Disneyland to get her in the water...to no avail.  Of course, all this made a little more awkward by the fact that she is the ONLY KID IN HER CLASS.  Her sweet teacher talked to her for the whole half hour from the pool, yet she never stepped foot in. The next lesson Jason came.  It took him 15 minutes to get her in and then had to sit at the edge (of a waveless pool) for the next 15 minutes.  Bless his heart, he was soaked.  Each lesson after that, we whittled the time to enter the pool down a little and finally the last lesson she cheerfully jumped in at the beginning and swam the entire time.  Definately a lesson in patience for me!! 

Emily's a fish...loves the water and is quite a good swimmer!!


First Days!!

 I know that I'm way behind on summer pictures but I figured I get these up and start fresh in September.  Summer has come to an end (except it's still 90 degrees).  The girls were both so excited to get back to school and I'm excited to be back to a schedule.  Emily is a big first grader this year.  She is over the moon excited.  She gets to ride the bus, which she loves...me, not so much but I guess it works.  She so far loves her teacher and her class.  She didn't really have any of her friends from last year in her class but she's having fun making new friends.

Lauren just started her last year of preschool yesterday.  I can't believe she'll be in kindergarten a year from now.  She is at the same preschool as last year just with a new teacher.  She had a great day yesterday and is excited to go back tomorrow. 

These cute cousins are at preschool with Lauren!