Yesterday was the last day of summer sessions for pool school. Savy graduated up to level 4-5.




She's always so proud of her graduation certificates at the end of each session. She'll start classes again next month - fall/winter sessions are always easier because they are only 2 days a week.

We had to make a grocery run this week. Savy now insists on riding in the "car buggys". Scarlett really likes those too...she loves playing with the steering wheel. I took a pic because they look so cute sitting there together.






I have no idea why Savy wanted to pose with the can.

We also had to make a trip to Toys R Us this week. Here's Savannah out front taking a ride with Mickey.



There's a sunflower field at Shelby Farms again this year. I took Savy this morning so she could play in it.








She wasn't in the mood to pose for pictures, but I did manage to get a couple of "semi-smiles."




There were butterflies all over the place, and Savy had a blast chasing them. Then she saw a bee and it was all over...here she is running scared.



Tomorrow is Scarlett's first birthday. We're having her party at Mimi's house. I can't believe my baby girl will be 1 year old tomorrow!

For My Friends Who Aren't On Facebook....

...MOM...

Jon put together this video of Savy and Scarlett. Make sure your volume is up!

"Ridin' Dirty"


The timing of the police car was just perfect.

What We've Been Up To

Savannah was thrilled to be back in pool school last Monday. She's doing great!



Scarlett has been practicing walking with her Radio Flyer wagon.



Scarlett can now officially say two words. Her first word was "Momma." Now her second word is "Savannah." It sounds more like "NaNaNa", but that's definitely what she's saying. Still no progress on saying "Dada."


Savannah took Scarlett for a ride this afternoon.

Back In The Saddle

Yesterday Savy rode her bike for the first time since she fell off and broke her arm. She wasn't afraid, but she did make Jon promise to stay right beside her and catch her if she fell.




She did great...no wrecks this time.

When Jon and I upgraded our phones, we gave Savy my old i-phone because she was constantly asking to borrow ours. It's not an actual phone anymore, but she uses it to watch cartoons and play games. Jon was downloading some new (free) games from i-tunes for her the other day. He made the mistake of letting her watch how he did it. She got on right after (before it logged him out) and puchased about $20 worth of games on there. Who knew you had to start worrying about that kind of thing at 4 years old? Our little Savy is very savvy.

This is Savy's newest pet. She's been catching all kinds of critters with the bug catching kit Jon bought her - bugs, frogs, and now a crawfish.





He is definitely not happy about being a pet. We only keep her "pets" for a day or two, then we let them go. She and Jon were at the pond setting a bullfrog free, and they came across this guy...he'll probably be freed tomorrow.

We went to the playground today. Scarlett liked the toddler swing this time, and Savy was excited to get to push her.



Savy decided to give the "big kid" swings a go this time.





But she went back to the toddler swing because I won't let her go as high in the other ones. I'm afraid she'll jump off...anyone who knows Savy knows that she's a little daredevil.



A large group of kids showed up up on some kind of field trip, so we took a little break for snacks and drinks.



Savy went back and played for a little longer...until one of the boys said something mean and hurt her feelings. Is it wrong that I wanted to tell her she should have punched him? Ok, I did tell her she should have punched him, but she knows better than that and told me that wouldn't have been nice. I know she could've kicked his behind though! It's just a good thing she's not as quick-tempered as her mommy. If she'd told me about it before we left, I would've ratted on him to his teacher...it is a public playground, after all.