Yesterday we joined the YMCA again. Jennifer has been desperately been seeking something for her and the kids to do on the days that Abby doesn’t go to school. Her plan is to go work out at “the Y” while the kids play in the nursery. I was hoping to get a little more in shape so that when I go play flag football at work, I won’t be hobbling home.

That afternoon we went swimming at the YMCA’s pool. It’s amazing how much Emily loves the water. Meanwhile her older sister was screaming her head off when we removed her floating vest. We’ve always had a feeling that Emily would take to the water because in the bath tub she loves putting her head underwater, with today’s picture as evidence.

Emily is starting to understand us more and more. Today I asked her if she needed her diaper changed and she ran into her room, climbed up on her changing table and laid down waiting for me to change her. It was a little scary.

Our friends, Tim and Leslie, who have been without power since the storm, found out that their power won’t be restored until Thursday. Because of this, they decided to go to a hotel and we offered to watch their dog, Madison. The girls have enjoyed having the dog at the house. Emily has been pretty funny around her. When Madison barks, Emily puts her finger up to her lips and says, “shush”.

Abby’s school was canceled again today because there’s still power outages in our county. Because of this, Jennifer and the kids had to once again get out of the house and go to lunch at “Burger Cheese”, also known as McDonalds, so that they could run around and get some of the energy out of their systems.

Today’s picture is of one of the trees on our street which got knocked down during the hurricane. This one was amazing because the tree trunk snapped.

Not much happened today. Just getting ready for Abby’s first day of school tomorrow.

There was only one thing that happened today with the kids. While Jennifer was napping on the couch, she awoke to Emily yelling, “naked”. When she opened her eyes Emily had taken off all of her clothes and her diaper and was standing there buck naked. Funny that Emily can say a half dozen words and one of them is “naked”. Today’s picture is of Emily, who on her own, climbed up into her rocking chair with a blanket and started reading a book.

Found out today that our air conditioner is leaking water into the house. I was walking through the kitchen and all of a sudden I heard, “squish, squish, squish”. Our first thought was the fridge, but we pulled it back and it was dry. We opened up the air conditioner and condensation was everywhere. It’s dripped down and is now underneath the hardwood floor in the kitchen. We went and got a fan from Home Depot and it’s blowing on it trying to get it as dry as possible. We called the insurance company and they got us in contact with an air conditioning company and a water extraction company. Both are coming tomorrow.

I’m amazed how fast Emily is growing up. We were outside hanging out with our neighbors and Emily hopped right up on one of the neighbor kid’s tricycle and just started pedaling. Her small legs didn’t quite reach the pedals so she pretty much went forward then backward. I was amazed that she knew that the pedals was how you made the tricycle go forward. She’s also amazed us lately because she’s such a neat freak. She picks up everything. Everyday last week when Jennifer went to pick her up from Vacation Bible School, she would pick up all the toys that she was playing with and put them back where she got them. She’s always picking up after herself. We need her to teach her older sister. Today’s picture is from the Texas trip. Emily is playing goalie during a soccer game between her and Abby.