Swimming friends

I still cannot get into a blogging groove. I think it's because Thomas is not really napping anymore, so my free time is much more limited. I can't seem to find the energy to come up with coherent sentences. It's far more work than it should be at this point in my life. Right now I'm letting Thomas watch a rare bit of TV so I can sit here and have a small amount of computer time. If I have to read The Polka Palace Party or Red Fish, Blue Fish one more time today I might go insane!

One of the highlights of last week was pool day on Tuesday. We invited over a few friends and ended up having our neighborhood pool all to ourselves! It was cloudy at first, but the sun finally came out and a good time was had by all (or so I think!). I didn't take many great pictures, but here's a few of what I have...


Let's see...two adults (Casie & Taryn) with six kids (Ava, Lily, Autumn, Thomas, Margaret Anne and Abigail).

And lots of strollers for the littlest ones!

They had lots to keep them entertained.


Thomas tried out his new goggles for the first time (with Jack to his right):


Meanwhile the babies watched from the side, Parker with his usual feet-up pose (and to his right, Sarah Ellen and then Olivia)...




Taryn really had her hands full there for a while...


And by the time the sun came out, Thomas and Abigail were the only ones still in the pool (everyone else got out to eat lunch!).


We had a fun time and hope everyone will come back and join us again soon. It's fun when I take Thomas and Parker, but even more fun when there are four other babies to hang out with Parker and five bigger kids to swim with Thomas (and most of all, four adults to chat with me!).