Swimming Fun

Today was a big day for me.   I took all three kids to the recreation center to go swimming ALL BY MYSELF!!!  This was a big step not only for me but for the kids as well.  This means that Mabel and Sam are big enough to handle themselves in the water (a.k.a hold on tight to their flotation devises and listen to mom).  We stayed about an hour and 15 minutes of which most of the time was spent sliding down the Pickles-the-duck kiddy slide into the water.  We spent the other half of the time on their little lazy river.  Max's face went under the water a few times when he thought he could crawl in the water like the big kids, but he learned quickly. 

The pregnancy has been killer on me emotionally this week.  Nick left on his business trip yesterday and the way I was feeling emotionally, you'd have thought that he was leaving for a year.  I'm hungry all the time and that makes me teary.  I get indigestion and then I'm sad that I ate whatever it was that gave me indigestion.  I feel very emotional, tired, and even a little sick.  Which makes it very hard to entertain three kids all day.  In my other pregnancies, I was really tired and would fall asleep easily.  This time I'm having a hard time taking naps, but just walking up the stairs or across the lawn takes my breath away. 

The kids are playing really well together lately.  Sam is surprising me with his reasoning skills and he's finally mellowing out.  The best part is that whenever I ask for a kiss, he sweetly kisses me on the cheek.  Today he was watching Scooby Doo and someone slammed a door and he turned to me and said, "He slammed the door, he needs to go to time out."