Wordless Wednesday

Really...there ARE no words required!

hot, hot, HOT

We are NOT in Topeka, but only 45 minutes away...and believe you me, it's HOT in Manhattan (my car thermometer popped 100°....sigh)

Kid fun

Well, we've had our 2nd week of swimming lessons. Hannah has taken to water wonderfully! I remember her balking about going. "I won't go." This was replaced by "I'll go, but I won't put my face under water."

After being one of 3 kids assigned to "station 1" (the very beginner, where she had to d0 10 relaxed bobs, head fully under), she was determined to get her face under water. She managed to get her head wet the next day. And she worked and worked...and by the end of the first week, she was in "station 2" (being able to front float and back float for 5 seconds without sinking). Yesterday, she passed to "station 3" (front glide, back glide, front kick, back kick, dolphin kick). What an amazing improvement from 2 weeks ago. She went from a kid who was afraid to jump into the pool to the kid who FELL BACKWARDS...deliberately!

last week's front float and kick

front float and kick two weeks later

another front float and kick today

Cannonball!!!!

BELLY FLOP!!!!

Scotty, on the other hand, has decided he wants nothing to do with swim lessons. But that's okay...we'll try again next session, I think. I want him to not be afraid, but to have respect for water as well.

And here's one last shot of the kids playing "karate". They are wearing headbands made of leftover edges from my rag-tie blankets!!!

A slice of life

I created these cards using an idea I "borrowed" from Stamping Therapy. You can see the card HERE

Now...Jen (at S-T) said she made that card when she was a newbie, but I absolutely adored the colors - and I had that wonderful set, to boot! So I took her idea and went a bit further, and this is what I came up with.



I think the colors are fresh and lovely! The stamp set (fruit slice) is SU's Fresh Fruits (Definitely Decorative). The cardstock and matching ink are SU (Only Orange, Yoyo Yellow, and Green Galore); black cardstock is from hobby lobby; "The Good Life" stamp is Kollette Hall (thanks Suzanne for the wonderful RAK!). I stamped extra "slices" with versamark, and embossed with Uptown Accessories Glacier White embossing powder, and then cut them out, and used foam dimensional tape to "pop" the slice.

I think these cards are great, refreshing summer cards! I made 5 of each color, and played around a bit with coloring in the text on the words, but I think that these plain ones are the best!