We got a pool!!

Alissa woke up today to a nice surprise. When Daddy got off work last night he bought a great big swimming pool and set it up out back for Alissa. Last year he cought the wave runner she is riding on. It actually works, has a propeller. It also acts as a giant squirt gun -- Ali's favorite feature. The picture is Alissa squirting the dog. Too much fun!!

We also went to the movie store today and Alissa picked "Curious George" to watch. Cute movie. There is a coffee shop called "The Beanery" (sp?) next to the movie store, so we stopped in and Ali has a kids hot chocolate. Which is basically a tiny bit of hot chocolate (sugar) with a bunch of whipped cream on top (more sugar) and some animal cookies (sugar coma). So to say the least ny the time we got home Alissa was a tad hyper. But, after the sugar high comes the crash and she will sleep well tonight :)

Rebecca came over with Gage this evening and Alissa was thrilled to have a new playmate.. except he is only 18mths old. Oh well.. between the battles over her Spiderman sippy cup things went well. I might be babysitting her older son Shane for a little while. We shall see.

Oh!! I must write about Jonathan. He finally discovered his temper. WOW! He was in his Johnny Jump up thing (which is a joke because he is too tall for it so basically walks around and plays with toys, oh well keeps him contained).. and I took away a piece of paper that he had started to chew on. Ooohh boy did he throw a fit. His whole face scrunched up, he turned red, and tucked his chin down. Then he started hitting his head against the door, WTH?! Not hard.. but enough to where he apparently thought he was making a statement. I looked on with a mixure of amusement and foreboding.. things are about to get very interesting with him. Here come the temper tantrums!! And something tells me it will be worse then with Ali.. a lot worse. Bring it on!! I need a good challenge to keep me on my toes! :) A side note, his front top tooth poked through yesterday -- which explains some of his grumpiness. Yeehaw.