swim party

Remember when the trio took their ISR swim classes? The instructor had a party this weekend at a nearby rec center and it was an awesome pool! 85% of it was under 3ft with lots of fun water activities for the kids to play with....

check out how each one goes down the slide... too funny!

me and my "peeps"

The garcia 4 LOVE to take time out to pose for the camera... and as you can tell, we need a new word to yell besides "CHEEEEEEEEZE!"

sitting pretty

I can't even begin the describe the emotions I feel every time I see my baby reach a milestone and do something "for the first time." I can't believe how big she is and how fast the last 7mo have gone!

making music

We were very lucky to have been invited by Aunt Hilary to join her and the Bay Village Pre-school PTA on an outing with the Bay Village High School Marching Band.
Music + instruments + cheerleaders + football field = fun activity for the trio!



getting to march across the field... Mateo continued to yell "goal" as he walked across

the girls made instant friends with the Bay Rockettes - the cheerleaders for the band.

Check out their dance moves to the band's music... even lil' Joe - trio's cousin - is keeping time with the drum set!

woman of many talents

boys will be boys

Please... can anyone tell me why boys just let it "go" wherever they are? Don't they feel the urge to urinate? We have ingrained the mantra "pee goes in the potty".... since when do the bleachers at Westlake High School equate to a toilet?

(Ahem... it was a treat to sneak up to the high school today on our walk...we even saw the HS marching band parade by us 3ft away from where we were standing....maybe that was too much excitment for the boy as less than a minute later he was peeing on the bleachers... and if that wasn't bad enough, he was adament about removing his shorts and underwear since it was wet! Poor boy had a long walk ahead of him in soggy clothes...)

the good...the bad...the ugly

the good: mateo dressed HIMSELF.... all by himself for the first time...
the bad: his sense of style... gotta love the socks!