A visit from Nana

On Wednesday and Thursday, Nana was here to play with her grandbabies.  She brought an awesome pool that was a big hit with the girls.  Drake, not so much.  He threw balls in but wouldn't set foot inside.  Seriously, I've got to toughen this little guy up!!

While Stella was at school Thursday morning, Reese got to enjoy a date with Nana.  They shopped at Target and ate lunch.  Reese had her first Slurpee, which was a big hit!  

Friday morning, KK and I took all 3 kids to the pool.  Once again, Drake was not interested.  He had a death grip on KK the entire time we were in the kiddie pool.  Reese had fun blowing bubbles, dunking her own head under water, and playing with some beach balls.  Stella loves the water, but she also loves getting out of the pool and playing chase.  We were all exhausted after an hour and headed home.  

I managed to swim laps 4 days in a row!!!  I took today off - Reese kept me up last night so that was a good excuse to skip it:)    Let's talk about Reese.  We didn't have much terrible in the twos but the threes???  Different story.  She is seriously testing her limits right now.  I say up, she sits down.  I say white, she says black.   I say kitty cup, she says owl cup.  Everything is a battle with her.  She will not let us help her do ANYTHING, from climbing in her high chair, to getting dressed, getting undressed, using the potty, buckling her car seat straps, washing her hair, the list goes on and on.  She's also started climbing out of bed in the middle of the night and coming downstairs.  After several "talks" and one big spanking last night, she finally stayed in bed.  She comes up with a long list of demands when she comes downstairs (water, medicine, spiders and ants in my bed, bad dreams) but I'm not buying it.  I told Wes, "NO NEGOTIATING WITH THE TERRORIST!"  If we give her medicine, which is just that Orajel teething stuff she sees us put on Drake, then it will become a nightly thing and I'm not having it!!  She's turning out to be smart, stubborn and manipulative....hmmmmmmm??  Might I be paying for my raising???

Drake has been watching Reese like a hawk and decided to start throwing a few fits himself.  Ugh - the second he doesn't have food on his tray, he screeches.  It's awful.  Like nails on a chalkboard awful.  I pop his mouth and he laughs.  Then he does it again.  Pop, laugh, repeat.  I've started taking him up to his crib but my legs can't handle all this exercise, up and down the stairs.  Yeesh.  Let's hope this is short-lived.  

Stella is the golden child of the moment.  Happy as a clam, constantly humming a tune.  Very affectionate these days.  Even when Daddy came home from out of town this afternoon, she just wanted her Momma. We've been doing lots of snuggling these days.  

Our garden produced it's first squash:

I'll let you know how she tastes!!