YAY!!! Baby pool!

Well, they are here. The sweet family.
My kids... the ultimate dichotomy!
SWEET!
ANd "SOUR"!

One is happy to stay in her sweet little monogrammed ricrac trimmed dress. White buckle sandals and a big ol' bow...

The other jumped right on into her swanky coral colored two piece!

Not long thereafter, right on into these goggles!

Which, by the way, did not come off the entire time she swam. Nor did they actually go on her eyes. But, my girl knows her style. And I try not to intervene too much!

This is Mary Allison with two HU-rage silver sequined flowers in her hair. I suppose she knows her style too! (??)

Then, there is my little angel baby.

Just a simple ponytail, thank you very much!

ANd what a cute high ponytail it was!

She is a waterbug! She does not want to get out of the water!

And this one is floating in a float in one foot of water! It is up to, like, her knees!

This one preferred the big pool, by a mile! She even seems to prefer that I carry her on her belly and is making swimming motions with her arms. It seems to be a little instinctive with her.

Since I have been down here, Jin inquired about swimming lessons and we were told that Ellie can start this summer, but Gabbi Girl is still too young. So, when we get back home... Ellie starts swimming!

That's good, because all this confidence and swagger.....

is FALSE!

And all this caution and reserve at water's edge...

Also FALSE!!

Do you remember "Tricks" Ellie entertained us with last year? Well, she is back at em.Ok, so sometimes I have to warn you because I don't want you to be all cuted out. This is such a time!

Mary Allison took E to the room for a minute and left G with me. She saw me writing in my book and wanted my pen. She actually also wanted me book, but I took the cover off of it to let her go to town.

This baby has an unusually strong love of writing/ drawing. YAYAYYAYY!! ! I am hoping for an artist kid.

She is not even two, yet can take that pen and stay preoccupied for about 20 minutes or so. She intends to fill every little white space.

I could nibble those little fingers til they bleed. Just sayin'. They are some sweet little fingers!

I think I have mentioned, (but then again, how in the world would I ever remember what I had and had not mentioned!?), I intend to put some of my favorite little things in shadow boxes with pics of the girls in their new rooms. For instance, Ellie's teeny tiny bikini, and a picture of her rolling over for the first time in it!

Well, this book cover may make the cut. And it has some STIFF competition!

And then, how will I decide on which picture? they are all so sweet.

But I love the markings of Gabbi at "almost two". And I love how it now has little water marks all over it too from being at the beach. Good memory!

Yep. I really loved watching Gabbi Girl write or "draw"!!

OK, let's move along!

The girls always have to make a stop at the swings....

and in true Ellie form, she had to "Fix" her sister's straps.

No matter how hard Gabbi fought to get away, her sister was determined to get them right.

Gabi is so lucky to have a big sister who is Allllllllways around to get her situated!

More beachiness tomorrow!

Mo