You know, it just occurred to me...
I just hit "publish" on the Jumperoo post below and then returned to my big sea of "blog these when you have time" photos and there was the video I referenced a couple of days ago about our daring backyard pool Splashini.
So, without further ado, here is Josie - still jumping like crazy - all these years later. And I gotta say, there's a quote at the end of this if you turn it up that totally sums up Josie.
My brave little mama! She totally tweaked her ankle on the grand finale, and fighting tears, says "that was a big rad move" and climbed right back up to jump again - limping and all. (Be careful sweet girl. Your injuries appear to hurt your mama way more than they hurt you.)
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Jumperoo, Take Two!
For those of you who have been around from the beginning, you might remember Sweet Baby Josie loving her Jumperoo. Bea has officially (and already?!) outgrown the swing, so we decided to give the old Jumperoo a polish & shine and let Beatrice give it a whirl. She's still a little young for it, but it's something new and she likes being vertical. She's not bouncing in it yet, but I know she will one day. Heck, it's gotta be somewhat genetic right?
And here is Beatrice carefully listening to her big sister's instructions, which included showing Bea a video on my phone of her jumping in the jumperoo. Hilarious.
And Bea - quite pleased with herself - and looking quite a bit like her sister at this age if I do say so myself:
Here is Josie "showing Bea what to do" (which was a lump-in-the-throat moment since that video above seems like it just happened last week and not almost four years ago):
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| Um, she is wearing clothes although she looks totally naked. |
And Bea - quite pleased with herself - and looking quite a bit like her sister at this age if I do say so myself:
Friday, July 15, 2011
A future in fashion
Speaking of Josie's fashion, she put this look together for Roly this afternoon and suggested that I take some pictures of her since it all matched so well.
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Summer Splashin'
Oh, the backyard! We love having a backyard. And two kiddie pools, and a swingset, and a climber that Josie has outgrown and repurposed as a diving board. Life is good this summer for the Schneiders. And after several busy, busy, busy weekends - we finally had a weekend just to hang out in the sun and splash around.
Josie has become quite a daring little individual and has spent quite a lot of time over the last week trying to outdo herself and break her own records when it comes to jumping into (and sometimes over) the pool. (oh - the video - must upload the video!) Here are some of my favorite photos of our rip-roarin' splashin' good times in the yard (the yard we daydreamed about for a good year before we finally sold our condo and got this house). Enjoy!
Sweet dreams?
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Monday, July 11, 2011
Celebrating 10 years!
On Friday night, we held off on dinner until after the girls were in bed then we had a "just the two of us" dinner here at home. It was SO nice to eat slowly off of real dishes in the dining room and enjoy one of Lou's delicious home-cooked meals. (I really am very lucky.) I think this picture sort of says it all - a vase of irises (that my adoring husband brought home because irises were in my wedding bouquet), a bottle of champagne, and the baby monitor.
We read our vows as we do every year and sat in awe at how quickly TEN YEARS has passed. There is still a full ten years post in the works, but I had to share the news of our perfect anniversary celebration - that way I will never forget it. (Although we have a pretty good reminder from the evening as well. Check out where the cork landed - we couldn't have nailed this shot into the chandelier if we would've tried.)
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