Kastendike Family Blog: So Many Things, So Little Time

Pool time with the boys is always fun. Sam has turned into quite a little fish. He is learning lots from Cole and Avery. We keep telling him, for various things like going to the potty, swimming, and pedaling his bike, that Cole does it. One day Cole is going to do something that he shouldn't be doing, not saying that Cole is a bad influence :), but he is going to turn to us and say, "But Cole was doing it!" Classic parenting.

Anywho, the boys love the water and don't mind the heat at all. Charlie wants to run and play and swim with his brother SOOOO bad. You can see it in his little devil, I mean angelic face.

Greg is such a good daddy. I am truly blessed that Greg chose me to marry. And he did. It is the one thing I give him credit for! And our beautiful kids. But he is such a playmate for the boys. It is exhausting just to watch him. They have such a wonderful time with Greg and he is all the energy in the world for them.

This is my version of adult swim. When the whistle blows for adult swim, Samuel doesn't quite understand that he isn't an adult, so we compromise and let him sit on the side of the pool. He seems content for the 10 whole minutes he has to be out of the pool and it is the only time I don't have a child clawing at my bathing suit and potentially exposing the girls.

Charlie is a funny little baby. He used to be content to sit and watch the world go by and now he is finding his voice. He is not really a crier but he will certainly make noises at you to get what he wants. We have been working on baby sign to help diminish the "worst noises in the world" from his vocabulary.

Another brag on Greg. He recently got a hair up his ass and decided to run a triathlon. WHAT? you say....yes, a triathlon folks. In this case it was a 250 yard swim (in a pool, about 5 laps), a 12 mile bike and a 3.1 mile run. He finished in 184th place. You can check out the results and at the top of the page type in his name. I am so proud of him. We saw him riding his bike and then drove onto park and see the rest of the race. By the time we got there, went to the bathroom and sat through about 45 min of bikers, I looked over and saw Greg cross the finish line running! I couldn't believe that I missed him. :( I was disappointed but relieved that I actually saw him cross the finish line! Way to go babe!