The Swarty's

The Swarty's
Leah, Pete, Nora, Henry, Chloe & Hula Girl

Monday, July 21, 2008

Sweet--a new toy!

Nora could live outside which is great by us! We spend more time in our front yard than we do in our backyard. After a couple of months trying to find a fun toy for her out front, we stumbled upon this contraption. It is awesome. I took some video of her reaction but oddly, I captured the footage upside down again. Her reaction was priceless. She screamed and put her hands on her knees then ran for this deal. She seems to still like the device and so does her new little neighbor friend, Ellie.
First climb on the toy... Notice she is climbing up the slide?
Pete showcasing how to get to the slide the correct way.
Anticipating the first slide down!
The sports climber. It has a basketball hoop, soccer "net" and football tossing hole! It is rad.
Oh, I guess she doesn't like to listen to her daddy (or her mommy)! This purchase was a wise one! Highly recommended!

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Purple Pool!

The Swarty's got a pool... No, not an in ground pool. A kick butt Menard's plastic pool. We are trying to be like the Swim's in GA. The water was too cold for Nora at first. She loves her pool so much that we have to put it in the yard even if there isn't water in it.....




Nora, Chloe and HG

Nora has no fear of our dogs. Chloe lets her terrorize her. HG usually just slips out of the room.
So sweet
In the photo the head touch looks gentle but it really isn't!
Do you see the look on Chloe's face?
Giddy Up!
Hey Nora, please leave me alone!
Giving Chloe loves.

HG accepting "loves" from Nora.

Nora!

Nora, please sit her your chair.
Thank you.

Hanging at the lake over the 4th!

We went to CL for the 4th of July weekend. We took tons of pictures but I will only bore you with a few!
Izzy and Nora playing in the sand.
Sitting in the hole that Izzy dug
Grandpa bought Nora a fishing pole but Nora didn't want to have anything to do with it.... Until, her ever so talented fisher chick mother caught her an awesome fish!
See the huge fish I caught? Yes, we are classy with a box of hot Corona on the dock... Apparently Lissie forgot to bring it up to the house.

Is Nora a beverage?

The other day Nora was hanging out in the porch. I went to check on her and I found her sitting in the beverage tray.



Messy NESsy!

Nora adores feeding herself. It is quite messy but she loves to do it. She allows Pete or myself to give her the first 3 or 4 bites then she INSISTS on taking over. Chloe and Hula Girl do an excellent job of cleaning up the floor, her tray and her chair. The only items they do not like are grapes and blueberries. They also are not super good and licking up rice but that is OK.
Pasta anyone?
She usually eats with her fork or spoon but somehow in the photo above she has the spoon with served the meal with....
She did get some yogurt in her mouth. She is on container number 2!
So serious....
Got corn?