Tuesday, February 19, 2008

La Piscina







Watching a movie.



The Three Monkeys.




A "family" picture for our recent post placement report.





We're back from our little"surprise". Maicol complained about not knowing where we were going, but once we got there and he saw what it involved he was happy again. He can be quite the moody one. We went swimming three times in two days. The indoor pool was great - like a warm (not hot) bath and only once were there very many other people in it. They really, really love swimming. Maicol says he has never been swimming, but he can now swim without the "wings" after only going swimming 4 or 5 times. They are all fearless. Love to jump in and don't mind a bit going underwater. Andrew did slip and hit his chin and put a cut in it. I pulled it back together with a small bandaid cause I really didn't want to have to find an ER somwhere to have it stitched. Had we been home I would have gone to work and had them "superglue" it, but it seems to be pretty good today. There will be a scar, but not too bad. We walked outside a little, but it's pretty cold. Went to the Nature Center and watched birds for awhile. They have windows so that you can watch them without them seeing you, so it's very neat. They were really pretty. We walked out on a suspension bridge - it moves a little and Juan was not particularly fond of that. They watched some movies too. Got to stay up late and eat snacks too.






Back to reality today tho. We made it home in time to get some schoolwork done. Dan is putting in bypass doors for the tub/shower. They seem to have a really hard time keeping the water in the tub, so we're going to try to help them out a little bit.






Here are a few pictures for those of you who are interested.






Karen

5 comments:

Tamie said...

Karen,

I know they are going to love today with the snow that is coming down. Addie Mei is very excited about building a snow man this afternoon. I thought of your boys, knowing they would probably be doing the same today!!

Enjoy
Tamie

Wendi and Benjamin Wood said...

Love the pics! Andrew does the same thing...I have tried using the word surprise and only recently do I think he's got it! Great family pics!

Thanks for the posts on my blog also. And the game suggestions! I have a little fishing game that I am going to try with Diego. I think it will be good for coordination. It is the game you use a pool with a magnetic end to collect a fish out of a rotating pond...anyways, I welcome any suggestions you might have that would be helpful. So, thanks again!

Happy Wednesday!

Sherri said...

It looks like you had fun! The comment on the shower (and your work on it) made me smile! Your boys are boys, that's for sure. I hope Andrew's lip is doing well.

Take care,
Sherri

linda said...

Hi, So glad you had a little get away. Probably didn't get much rest, but it's better to have fun without much rest than no fun. Love the pics. Really am ready for spring but I don't think the boys will be too thrilled when it gets here. It is 35 here and sunny. Love you all, Mom

linda said...

Hi, So glad you had a little get away. Probably didn't get much rest, but it's better to have fun without much rest than no fun. Love the pics. Really am ready for spring but I don't think the boys will be too thrilled when it gets here. It is 35 here and sunny. Love you all, Mom