Swimming with the Higgins Clan

August Pictures

Kids getting ready for their first day of school. Deanna started Pre-K 4 this year and Braden started Pre-K 1. They are doing so great! Love my babies.

Deanna Swimming

Trying to beat the heat, we have spent a great deal of our summer at the beach and at the pool. Deanna loves swimming and being outside. We spent a few weeks at my mom's house and every day Deanna would swim in the pool. She has no fear and was jumping off of the diving board into the pool. She was showing us her Cannonballs and was definitely getting some air off the board.

This summer Deanna also took another week of swim lessons. She is now floating, doing strokes, diving under water, pulling herself out of the pool, jumping off the diving board and swimming to the edge.... ALL BY HERSELF! We are so proud of her. I can't believe how fast she is growing up!

Braden Setting Up the Troops

I love these shots because I caught Braden in a moment when he was really concentrating on his little project. He sat on the floor setting up the Sesame Street characters in a straight line, pushed them off, and then started the process all over again. At the end, he realized that I was taking pictures and shot me a couple great smiles! Love my little man!

4th of July

This year we were down at my mom's house for the 4th of July. We attended the annual 4th of July Parade (see pics below) and spent the rest of the day in the water because it was so hot down there. You know that it is hot when your kids are asking to go home in the middle of a parade.

Later that night, we went to the beach to see the fireworks "extravaganza". We had amazing seats and there was a nice breeze! Braden was tired and went to bed early, but we took Deanna with us. It was so much fun to watch them with her. She kept lifting her hands to the sky because we were so close to them, she thought she might be able to catch them. She also showed us some of her dance moves when the Black Eyed Peas came on.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRADEN!!

Yes, it's true...Our little guy turned 1 on May 7th. He is growing every day and he is so much fun to play with. He is cruising on furniture and saying words like: "mama", "dada", "DeDe", and "dog". He laughter is contagious and he keeps Jamie and I smiling and wanting more.

Greek Fest 2010

We took the kids to Greek Fest with some friends and had a great time. Deanna loved the music and was out there dancing for most of the show. She even took over the dance floor in between shows with some other little girls. She was dancing so much, I decided that she needed a fancy little belly dancing skirt that they were selling. So, there she is below "shaking her tailfeather".