Chugga, chugga...

Aren't diapers amazing?!

One Saturday my friend called and suggested we take the kids on the train. It usually costs $15 per person 3 and older but if you took some canned goods it was only $5. We got a little lost on the way there and thought we wouldn't make it. Luckily for us the train was delayed and we were there in plenty of time. It was a beautiful day and so we got off at the stop with the lake. The kids headed down for the lake first thing and before we knew it they were trying to swim. I stripped Cole to his diaper and Jack to his undies and they had the best time. Mia really wanted to take her clothes off too but she's just too old. As the kids played and people walked and watched our little group I imagined that they were thinking we were a bit irresponsible letting our kids, mostly naked, swim in this little lake.

We didn't realize that the strange looks we were getting from others was because there was a no swimming sign posted about 50 feet away by the train stop awning. We didn't see it until we were getting back on the train.

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Not for the squeemish!

Crawlin' is for the birds!

Cole has been walking off and on for the past month or so but it seems that today is the day he has made the committment to walk. He is just such a happy baby! He LOVES to clear any surface he can reach and that is everything lower than the kitchen counters.

I just love this crazy baby!

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Tooth number 5 is gone now and she is officially toothless. Good thing corn on the cob season is over for us. I think she's pretty cute without them. They have a chart at school and so far she is the only one to loose any teeth to put on it. I worry so much about her being challenged in school. She likes it but when I asked her if she has learned anything new she said, "NO". We are stepping it up at home now. She is just such a smarty. I know, I stay that too much but really, I am humbly amazed by her.