the davis crew

Some of my family is in town from Tennessee, so we got the whole Davis crew together at my Aunt & Uncle's house for a fun night of swimming, grilling and hanging out outside.  

Here are some pictures of our evening together last Sunday!!

pearson's 1st swim lessons

I went back and forth on whether I wanted to do swim lessons for Pearson this summer.  I had a feeling that he might be too young for them, but I went ahead and did them just because it was something fun for us to do.  We went to a lady in my neighborhood that was pretty inexpensive.  I'm really glad that I didn't end up doing something intense or expensive because he was soooooooo not ready for swim lessons.  I kind of felt like we basically paid someone to swim in their pool.  Other than Day 2, I think he really had alot of fun though.  Everyday he would talk about going "Swi-Yin (Swimming) with "Miss Mi-Na" (Myra). 

Day 1: He wouldn't cooperate without me in the pool so I ended up having to get in the pool.  I really didn't want to do that, but it was the only way that we could get him to do what we wanted him to.  He wouldn't float on his back, use his arms to scoop the water or climb around the edge of the pool, but he did a great job kicking, blowing bubbles in the water, and jumping off the step.  

Day 2: I went ahead and got in the pool because it seems to work well the first day.  About 10 minutes into the lesson he spotted the toys that he got to play with at the end of yesterdays lesson.  We wouldn't let him play with them because we hadn't finished all of the activities she had planned.  He started crying and then just lost it.  I couldn't get him to calm down so we just had to leave.  

Day 3:  Since the day before was such a disaster we decided to see how he would do without me in the pool.  I hid inside their house and watched them through the window.  He did great!!  He did everything his teacher asked him and even had a smile on his face most of the time.  His favorite thing to do this day was when his teacher would put toys on the step and he would have to put his face under water to get them.  I was really impressed at how he followed directions this day. 

Day 4:  I decided to just wait in the car this day so I didn't see what they were doing.  I was going to go in the backyard for the last 5 minutes to watch them, but it started lightening so I didn't get to see any of his 4th lesson.  She said he did well though. 

Overall, he did okay.  I definitely wouldn't recommend doing swim lessons this young though.  He won't remember anything he learned this summer and he definitely didn't walk away knowing how to swim.  I knew that he wouldn't be swimming, but I had hoped that he would be able to grab the side and crawl himself back to the steps and be more comfortable kicking and floating on his back.  I'm not sure he really grasped any concepts though.  It was more fun and games for him.  We'll definitely try swim lessons again next summer as I think he will be a better age for it!!

eat more chikin

Today was Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-fil-A.

We weren't too chicken to dress like a cow.

It it involves free food, you know I'm there!!

Pearson had ears too but he would not wear them.  And of course he wouldn't really cooperate to take a picture either.  

 Since we were totally dressed like a cows we both got free combo meals.  That's alot of FREE food!! I got a Bacon, Egg & Cheese Biscuit. Yummy!!

 Pearson got his favorite, Chicken Minis.  He was all business when his food arrived.  He literally ate every single bite of his combo.  Every single hash brown. And all three Chicken Minis.  

We finally got a little smile out of Pearson when he was trying to put on Olivia's cow ears.  Oh how I love that sweet face. 

Happy Cow Appreciation Day!!

a busy day with my peeps

Today was my first day to watch all three girls (plus Pearson).  Normally I just have the two little ones during the day, but the oldest is out of school now!  I'm going to try to have fun things planned for us to go do in the morning together.  It helps pass the time and it wears the little ones out so they take great afternoon naps.  

This morning we went to Chick-fil-A for breakfast.  They were giving away free chicken biscuits, so we all ate for $3.56.  Ya can't beat that!!

 After they finished eating they all played in the little play area.  All the girls like to climb up to the top and play but Pearson doesn't like to go to the top.  He met some little boys to play with and had a ball running around with them. 

 Normally I take the little ones to our local library for Story Time, but today we decided to go to the Story Time put on by Chick-fil-A at the mall.  The girls had so much fun pushing Pearson and Lexi around in the strollers.    

Pearson loved all the new songs and really enjoyed waving his flag around while we sang the patriotic songs. 

 Isn't his little baseball/patriotic shirt that Lolly made for him so cute??

 The best part about Story Time was that the kids got Chick-fil-A nuggets for "snack".  It was a 6 count around 10:45, so we just considered it our lunch.  We just snacked on some fruit and crackers when we got home.

While the littles took FOUR hr naps, the bigs read and I played Candy Crush.  I had been stuck on Level 65 for about a week and as soon as I posted this picture on Instagram I beat it! Now I'm stuck on Level 70.  Our afternoon was also filled with some arts and crafts, Barbies, American Girl Dolls, and a Movie.  

Once Pearson and Lexi woke up we all sat down at the table for a snack and some coloring.  

One of Pearson's favorite things at the girl's house is jumping on their little trampoline.

He absolutely loves all three of the girls (Kate-Kate, Am-Bah, & Essie).  

I am so thankful for this fun little side job that I have been blessed with.  

carnival fail

My parent's church just finished the same VBS theme that we did at our church last week, Colossal Coaster World.  The cool thing about their church is that they had an actual Carnival come to the church as a finale to VBS week.  

Growing up we never really went to Carnivals.  My parents didn't like to waste their money on the rides, games and food and I have a weak stomach so most of the rides don't even sound fun to me.  I kind of feel the same way now as my parents did then. They really are such a waste of money.  My parents had 20 free tickets though, so we had to come check it out!!

 The theme to VBS this year was "Facing Fear! Trusting God!".  The theme verse was "For God has not given us a spirt of fearfulness, but one of power love and sound judgement." 2 Timothy 1:7

Apparently, Pearson didn't learn to face his fears at VBS because he was terrified of all of the rides!! 

Major Carnival Fail!!!

Before it was our turn on the carousel, Pearson was naming all of the animals. 

Elephant, Chicken, Giraffe, Dog, Monkey, etc.

But when it came time to get on it, he was a mess!!

He was much happier to just be a looker.  

Mom and I were positive that he would love to ride these little cars.  They went round and round and even had their own steering wheel and horn.  This kid loves cars and trucks so we knew he would love doing this.  NOPE......started  screaming bloody murder when we tried to put him in a car.  He was happy as can be just looking at the cars and watching the kids in them.

We also tried to ride a little helicopter, but as you can see he hated it too!!  

Thankfully since he never made it on the rides we got our tickets back each time. 

 We couldn't come to the Carnival without riding a single ride (especially since we had 20 tickets to use), so Matt and Pearson went down the Fun Slide.  We figured that once you started this ride, you had to finish it, so we made him do it! Ha! We are awesome parents, huh?

 He seemed a little unsure of it up top.  Close to the end he kind of looked like he liked it.

 But at the end he gave us a big smile.  I'm pretty sure he liked it!!  

 After getting out of the stroller for the slide, there was no going back.  He wanted to walk with Daddy!

 Who needs rides when you can just push around your stroller.  That was enough fun for this little two year old!

 Since we only spent a few of our tickets on the slide, we decided to check out the fun house.  I had never done one, can you believe it??

 This picture of my Dad and Matt cracks me up.  

 Pearson hung out with Lolly while we did the fun house.  We tried to get him to look up at us but I think he was staring at the door we went in to, waiting for us to come out. 

 Check out my Dad going down the slide! It was actually a really fast slide!!

 He was so happy to see us all when we got out.  Wish he would have been this happy on all the rides we took him on.  Oh toddlers, you just never know how they are going to react to things. 

 Even though we didn't do much at the Carnival and all the rides for Pearson were a total fail, we still had a great night out with my parents and our little family! 

Mom and Dad took Carson the night before and he had a blast, so we'll have to try out a Carnival again when he gets a little older.   However, since he wasn't really a fan this year and I've never really a been a fan, maybe we'll just stay away and save our money!!

friday funday

We had a day full of fun in the sun today!

This morning we went of to Ethan's house to play, swim and eat lunch.

His parents are out of town so Grammy & Grandaddy are keeping the kiddos.

I know I say this all of the time, but these boys just love each other.  We walked in the house and within 5 seconds they were both screaming and chasing each other.  They have so much fun together!!

 Ethan has a fun little swing set in his back yard. He was so cute showing Pearson how to do everything!

Love this sweet boy!

Pearson wouldn't climb up to the slide until he saw Ethan do it.  He was all about the slide after that.  

He wanted to do exactly what his big cousin was doing!!

This kids is definitely all boy! He could dig around in the rocks and dirt all day long.  He filled up and then dumped out this truck no less than 10 times. 

 After a fun morning of playing we stopped to have some pizza and watermelon.

 Pearson kept calling it "Na-na-ma-na" and Ethan thought it was soooooo funny!!

And the fun didn't stop after our fun morning with Ethan and Grammy.  We headed over to my friend Jenny's house for another swim with some girls and their babies from our ABF.

We had so much fun swimming with all of our friends.

For some reason Pearson seemed kind of scared of the pool at Ethan's house, but when we got to Jenny's house he was a little dare devil.  He had no fear.  He even jumped off the side a few times.

While we were swimming we had Pearson try to say everyone's name and he actually did pretty good.

He can definitely say Jack the best!

{Courtney & Jack}

Ethan wasn't so sure about the water at first.  Today was his first time to swim so he was hanging on to his Mommy for dear life for a little while.  He finally got used to it and ended up liking it pretty good!

{Ali & Ethan}

 Pearson and Myla had a good time throwing a little ball back and forth.  

{Kristin & Myla}

 When I asked Pearson to say Parker and Michell's name, he said Cracker & Shell!!

{Parker & Michelle}

We hadn't been to the pool since May 31st, so it was good to get back in the water!

Looking forward to lots more fun summer days at the pool.

And the fun isn't even over for today......

We are going to a carnival this evening at my parents church!!!