The Boys in the pool…

Swimming season has started early this year and the boys are having a blast!

Last year Xavier was swimming by himself but he kind of forgot… or more like he was to nervous to do so the first time in the pool… finally I got him to try with just the balloon in his back like what he used to learn to swim and then the third time in the pool which was yesterday I convinced him to try without… he picked it right back up again and he is now the little fish he was last year….

Colin has started with the balloon now but loves his star floatie that he used all summer last year also… the only thing is that Colin gets a bit cold after a while and would rather hang out on the deck…

Khéna LOVES the pool… he doesn’t care at all if the water is still a bit cool… he is happy as a clam!! We put him in the boat for the first few times and just take him out at the end… but yesterday he started to kick his legs in the boat and realized that he could go somewhere when he did it! then we took him out of the boat and he was kicking his legs and moving his arms and just smiling like crazy… I can even lay him on his back in the water and he is completely relaxed…

here are a few pics and a video…

Khéna in the pool

Khéna in the pool

video in next post

Oatmeal “pudding”…

This is one of the boys favourite breakfasts… and it tastes like rice pudding…

Oatmeal

 

3 cups of Milk (I use Vanilla Almond Milk)
pinch of salt
about a tsp of cinnamon

a bit more than a tsp of Vanilla
a tbsp of Maple Syrup (the real stuff of course!)
a handful of raisins
1 1/2 cups of Oats

In a pot, bring mix Milk, salt, Maple Syrup and raisins to a simmer… add Oats and then cook on low until done…

Chocolate Oatmeal Variation: Change the milk to Chocolate milk, or milk + a few tsp of cocoa to taste and leave out the cinnamon…

 

racing…

To make going around in circles in the driveway more interesting… Simon gave the boys their own race track… they had fun for hours!

racing in the driveway

driveway art

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