off the diving board goes Heather

We made it through the week doing pretty relaxed stuff as Heather had a random fever for a day and Charlie just seemed cranky. One of the kids favorite projects was making a banner for our neighbor who just graduated from pilot training here. The kids painted in teh letters and loved hanging it at their house. It was well received :-). Then Friday Jeff took the day off and went to graduation which was neat. It reminds you of what the base's mission is and why people need to do what the air force does. After naps the kids got to go swimming, to pizza hut for dinner with friends and to see Wall-E (not highly recommended although the 4 4/5 year olds that went seemed to really enjoy it).

Saturday I got to go to the farmer's market with a friend and then to Old Navy to check out the $1 flip flops. Of course every other size 10 foot had entered the store in teh 15 minutes prior to our arrival and I had to settle for size 11's (remember your feet get bigger when you're pregnant!!) but did get a matching pair for Heather and Charlie which the kids really liked. We then went to Lowe's to do a kids craft project but found that it wasn't to start until 2 (did I mention it was 10). With our friends we decided to do the park, a kids activity at the mall, and lunch before returning to do the project. It was fun to spend time with friends and the kids enjoyed the aprons, goggles, patches, and even the project!!

After naps we headed back to the pool where Heather WENT OFF THE DIVING BOARD--with a life jacket and Jeff to catch at first then insisting that she didn't need help just jumped off (with life jacket) and paddled herself to the side. Charlie made some attempts but never made it off the end of the board...She was so pround and excited and insists that she will be doing it by herself from now on. Charlie is also fearless although the diving board is too high. He wandered right over to the 5 foot area (with a life jacket) and jumped right in before I could even get in the water!

THEN (yes there's more!!) we had the same friends we spent the morning with over for dinner and a game which was extended by assistance with our computer (poor Scott probably thinks we only have them over just to have him look at stuff) to around midnight. The kids hung in there and none were sleeping before they left!! Heather tried to rise and shine with the sun at 6:30 and charlie around 7 but with team work we convinced them to lay back down with us and sleep until 8 and 8:30 repectively. WHEW and there's still one more day of the weekend...