Summer???

Okay, I know I said that summer pictures would be over and that next would be the back to school pictures... but... I found more pictures! :) Yea for having lots of pictures documenting these three growing kids. They seem to be growing up before my very eyes! Here's more of the happenings at the Stirland household.

Watch out if you come to visit.  We have wild lions and monkeys at our house!

The not twins.  They are getting close to the same size and if they are sitting down it's harder to tell they are different sizes.  The other day they were both sitting down in the stroller.  I had a lady ask me if they were twins.  I said, "No, one is 4 and the other is 1."  She actually started to argue with me about it because they were the same size.  I finally just told her that the older one was a dwarf and was small for her age.  That ended the conversation.  :)

Ollie had the wonderful opportunity to fly to Utah all by himself!  He got to stay with Grandma and Grandpa and go on a little trip with them and his cousins, aunts, and uncles.  He had so much fun!  He was a little nervous about flying at first but we just talked everything over (a lot).  When the day came he was nothing but excited!  He had so much fun in Utah and still talks about it all the time!

Early one Saturday morning we went to the park before it got hot.  On the way we got free donuts (thanks library reading program).  What kid doesn't love donuts and the park???

Lily and Papa playing.

All three kiddos on the merry-go-round.

Ollie really wanted me to take a picture of him in this tree...  here you go buddy!

One day Claire was eating yogurt at the table.  It fell off the table onto the floor so Claire just climbed on down and finished it on the floor..

Every night we read Harry Potter for about 10 minutes.  Ollie is the one most interested in it.  The girls usually run around and play but this day they all wanted to sit on the couch with us.

Lily during swimming lessons.  She had to wear an ear headband because on the second day of class she got an outer ear infection.  She was much braver for swim lessons this time around and she really enjoyed it.

After swimming lessons we would go to the outdoor pool to let the kids play more.  They have a slide and our "no fear" child loved it!

This year as part of Ollie's class he got to start learning how to play water polo.  He thought it was a lot of fun!

Just so you know, I got a new camera for my birthday (hooray!!!) and I have yet to download the software onto my computer and figure out how that part all works. I have more pictures on it (including back to school) so... more pictures soon. :)