this morning while getting ready for church hayden asked about going to jessica's "new house." i had to explain that it wasn't her house, she was just staying there to take care of someones dog while they weren't at home. to that he replied "they have a DOG TOO?!" as if the dog just took that house from great, to fantastic. a pool, trampoline and a dog?! insanity. what will they think of next?!
hayden couldn't wait to get in the pool and wasn't nearly as afraid as he was back in november of 2006 when we tried to get him to swim in aunt ruth and uncle jeff's pool in florida. he still has some major trust issues and thinks we're all just going to let him drown, but he did finally start trusting in the floaties on his arms. by the end of the day he was jumping from the top of the ladder and going under water. he'd swim back to the ladder and do it all over again.
the trampoline was a big hit too, but not as big of a hit as the pool. if only we could have jumped from the trampoline INTO the pool. now that would have blown hayden's mind.
it was pretty much the first time talan has been in a pool and he did really well. he had no problems just floating around in his floaty raft. he seems to have a few trust issues himself as he started to panic when dave picked him up and tried swimming with him.
the afternoon ended after hayden was jumping on the trampoline and bit his tongue so hard it was bleeding from several spots. when he saw blood on his leg (because of all of the screaming he was doing he had blood everywhere) he about passed out. i think he thinks if he bleeds he's minutes from death.
he obviously overreacted a bit because he was so tired. both of the boys fell asleep in the car on the way home and went to bed early tonite. after this crazy weekend we will be doing our best to get them back to their regular schedules in the next couple of days.
thanks, jessica and justin, for letting us come over and for helping to watch our kids. when we set up our pool we'll be sure to have you over.
*we have video but for some reason i can't get them to work on my computer. once i'm able to get dave to convert them from his computer to youtube i'll be sure to post them for all to enjoy.
not so sure about this:
a little better:
this is actually pretty nice:
hayden showing us you can never be too safe:
it didn't take too long for him to warm up to it:
splashin':
trading one floatation devise for another:
talan's first swim lesson. no screaming, but he certainly didn't love it:
talan's new hair:
he thought it was HILARIOUS:
justin teaching hayden how to swim:
he did like 50 laps, what do you expect?!:
dave continuing the lesson:
talan and justin. they like each other. a lot:
these three yappy dogs came running out yapping and talan stood by the fence yapping back:
i think they kind of look alike:
once he had swimming under his belt, he moved to jumping:
fun with goggles:
it took a little bit to talk him into doing this:
he was so proud that he actually did it:
jazz hand justin:
they were trying to "double bounce" each other:
a typical surfer, sucking in his gut and everything:
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