He's three! + our happenings

Our last week was pretty casual with a few going ons. Wednesday we met up with Aria and her girls at the new park in Twin. The kids had so much fun playing all over the fun equipment. The girls especially loved the track swing that zoomed them across part of the playground. (p.s. the first time Casey has ever gotten motion sickness was sitting on these spin chairs at the park that just keep going around and around and around.)

Thursday we took the kids swimming at the Y pool. Kendal was so happy to be back where her lessons were and Peter had to warm up to the idea of swimming. The pool was a lot more crowded than I thought, but we still found spots to wiggle and move around. Kendal was showing off her skills to us and loved every minute of the pool. Peter enjoyed the shallow end where he could wander freely, and went down the little slide a bit, but as soon as we put on life jackets to go into the deep part he just wanted to cling to us or edge his way up and down the side of the pool. We pulled him off a few times to try and enjoy the open water, but he liked being able to hold his own (ground, wall, or the skin off our backs ; ). Kendal loved being able to float without trying in her life vest and was sad when we made our way back to the kiddie area.

We went to the school to eat lunch twice this week once on Thursday and once on Friday. After our lunch on Friday we took our kites over to the park to take advantage of the optimal wind conditions. Kendal and Casey had the butterfly kite up and down many many times and the duck kite flew the whole time with Peter holding it for a bit, then chasing its shadow for a while.
My parents and sister came up Friday night to spend the weekend and celebrate Peter's birthday with us. We attempted kite flying with them again Friday evening but the wind had died down to much, so the duck kite never really flew and the butterfly kite gave a couple of feeble attempts before we gave up. It was  a nice relaxing time though in the shade enjoying a summer evening.
Saturday morning we hit up a couple of stores in Twin and then had a picnic lunch at the park in Kimberly. It was hot but the shade was nice and the kids enjoyed being outside. Saturday afternoon we decided to hit up some of the parade of homes in the area. We made our way to five houses. I envied all of the tubs and wondered why some people dump money into different things in homes. It was a good time out of the heat though in air conditioned homes with a couple of cookies along our journey. My parents treated us to Applebee's for dinner. After dinner Kendal, Peter, and Katherine had a Mario kart fest till the kids went to bed.

 Sunday we got to celebrate Peter's birthday and Father's day. After a pancake breakfast we let the boys open their gifts. Peter was so happy with all of his cars loot from my parents and sister, and was so happy playing the rest of the morning with the gifts he received. After lunch we went to church. We left a bit early and headed out to Casey's parents for dinner. We had a wonderful dinner and had a nice time being together. We sang to Peter and ate cake and he got to open a t-ball set from Grandma and Grandpa D. The kids spent most of the time playing outside or downstairs with the little kitchen. It was a nice evening and a good way to end our father's day and Peter's birthday.

Peter's the yet old stats. Weight 28 lb, height 35 3\4 in. He's still on the small side of the scale, but he's higher percentages than he's ever been before!