A Day in the life of a Hannant

My fearless little fish! Addie is already diving. When she gets something in her head she goes after it! She is scary confident in her swimming abilities. She tells her teachers to go far far far away so that she can swim to them. She gets so excited that she forgets to close her mouth and ends up sinking like a rock, but a rock with a great big smile on her face!

Ms. Kara taught Addie how to put her head back and float to keep her from sinking.

We are finally starting to have some summer weather! Sunny afternoons, popsicles, and sprinklers are what we dream of all winter long!

Abby and Addie are hanging out in Addie & Avery's early birthday present! They set up an animal hospital, for all of their sick animals. I think Addie has been watching a little too much Animal planet with Dad!

Don't be fooled by a sweet face, nothing but mischief! Avery is now 2 steps closer to being a toddler! I can't believe how fast my baby is growing!

Dinner out in a restaurant with kids, a very very bad idea! Avery may look cute eating 2 loafs of bread, but that is only because she was a fountain of bodily fluids during dinner!

At least Addie only spilled her chocolate milk. She didn't need a new outfit, like her sister!

Chocolate milk, poop, and puke all during one dinner is more than any Mom should need to clean up! It is a really good thing I love those girls and more importantly that Gymboree was really close and having a great sale! It saved Avery from going naked!

Swim Lessons

I finally got Addie into swim lessons, yay! Last year I wanted to, but I never managed to get my ducks in a row to make it actually happen.

The weather has not been acting very summer like lately. Luckily they heat their pool to 90 degrees for the kids! Addie stays nice and warm as long as she is in the water, when she gets out it is shiverfest!

Addie keeps her teachers on their toes! When it isn't her turn, she is off into trouble. She likes to hand onto the side and go explore to the deep end, throw all the diving rings, and see how many kick boards she can put in the pool before someone notices. Honestly I don't know where she gets it!

It is definitely a good thing that Miss Becca and Miss Kara like her, because she gives them a run for their money. The other kids were a little more hesitant to jump off the board, not our Addie. They try to tell her to jump in front of them, but no. Every time she jump directly on top of them! She thinks that it is so funny, and they just laugh and say silly Addie!

Already one week in to a 2 week session, and the girls have earned their keep. Addie is comfortable going under water. She does her bobs now without screaming NO! Big improvement. The first several days when they would do bobs, she would say "No" and then start to scream "Nooo" as she would be dunked! When it was her turn to blow bubbles with her nose she would argue that it was time to kick. As we we wrapped up our lesson on Friday and she was bobbing up and down without and arguments, fearlessly jumping off the diving board and retrieving rings off the bottom. At this rate she will be swimming laps by the end of the summer.

Another Fun Saturday Downtown

Saturday's Market is one of our favorite things to do. It is a win win for everyone. Dad gets to people watch, I get to wander in and out of all the booths, Avery sips on Mom's fresh lemonade, and Addie gets to play in the fountain!

As long as we keep the lemonade flowing Avery is happy enough.

Addie on the other hand is as happy as a clam just we be running around in the fountain.

After slurping down Mom's Lemonade and a little downtime, Avery was back in action and ready to play!

Not So Warm Memorial Day

Traditionally Memorial Day weekend was always anxiously awaited! It represented the official start of our favorite season, Summer! Julianna, swimming, Mr. Burger cherry limeades, and hours and hours of playing, the typical day at the Stutte house during the Summers in the 90's.

I would love to pass those marvelous memories on to my children, but they will have to settle for fun in the tub, and pants for a little longer than hoped.

Avery has even been waiting for the sun to come out and play! We are all a little tired of the April showers, we are ready for May flowers.

Sweaters, seriously isn't it supposed to be Summer. It is a good thing the girls are to young to be irritated by the uncooperative weather.

More importantly, it is a good thing that Uncle Dave has a warm Hot Tub, to be a stand in until its pool weather.

Nothing says Summer like a crackling fire in the fireplace and kids splashing about in the hot tub!

Finally late Monday afternoon the Sun decided come out and invite the girls to come and play! After a really lazy weekend and a little Kung Fu, we were able to have a Snow Cone and play outside for a bit!

In all seriousness, our family is extremely grateful for all the service men and women who have fought and continue to fight to protect our country. We are grateful for all that their families sacrifice, so that they can serve and protect our country.