Pool Party

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Today, we had Rowan and Isla over for a little pool party. Dada grilled up lunch and Mama made guacamole. These two sat down for a snack together as soon as they arrived.

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Janie got a few new swim outfits in the mail this month and now she’s a big kid in regular swim bottoms instead of swim diapers.

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Rowan and Isla brought pool noodles.

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In the meantime, Peanut hung out with Mama in the clubroom. He eventually went down for his nap too.  Aaaaah.

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After swimming, the kids got a snack, juice, and some Octonauts. They had so much fun together today.

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Go Team!

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This is one of the picturees that was posted in today’s school newsletter. Love how Janie is the only girl in her group nowadays. This is “Coach” and the kids doing their end-of-the-session “SOCCER SHOTS!”

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BORP Tournament

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It’s that time of year again and we were able to attend this year’s wheelchair basketball tournament again after missing it last year.

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Peanut rode one of the wheelchairs for the first time and figured out how to make it move.

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Some guy handed him a basketball and Peanut was fired up!!

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Janie also tried to dribble a basketball today. She’s gonna need some practice.

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After a little warm-up time, Vivian and Janie were playing together until it was time to go home (aka nap time).

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School Fun

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Janie was in both newsletter photos today. She played with zoobs and blocks with the girls and had soccer practice this morning. Looks like she was the only girl among a big group of boys today. She also did not want to wear her soccer jersey. Instead, she chose the Elsa shirt that Ankong bought from Europe.

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Flight Home and Lost Giraffe

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We had a quiet Monday while everyone went to work, school, and their usual outings. In the afternoon, we said our goodbyes and headed to the airport.

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Before boarding our plane, Janie showed us how she winks. Heh heh. It’s hilarious. This is also one of our last sightings of Little Guy. More on that in a bit.

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This is also the very last photo of Janie with her BFF. It’s hard to tell but it’s clutched in her left arm.

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Peanut got his own seat and sat next to a nice gentleman who was very tolerant of him trying to share his snacks and always wanting to play with his arm.

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The flight went well and both kids did great…that was until the plane stopped and we had to wait to deplane. At that point, Janie totally lost her cool and started to cry and yell “THERE’S TOO MANY PEOPLE! I WANT TO GET OFF THE PLANE!” Then Peanut started to cry too. Sheesh. By then both Mama and Dada were flustered and tried to get off the plane as quickly as possible. We didn’t realize Little Guy was gone until we arrived at the In N Out just outside of the airport. By then, Little Guy was either thrown in the trash or flew back to Long Beach that night. Regardless, we called and called and filed a report at the customer service desk with no luck.

FYI: Janie has no idea that she left him on the plane. She fell asleep in the car on the way home and woke up with the second Little Guy that we pulled out of our hiding spot at home.

 

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