A little bribery goes a long way…

Sophia has been taking swimming lessons for the past couple of weeks at the local pool.  While she’s ok at kicking and blowing bubbles she doesn’t like to get her face wet AT ALL.  In desperation I headed off to my trusty Target store, bought a mermaid barbie, came home and put it on the [...]

Summer, Summer, Summer!

We’ve been busy, busy, busy with trips to the pool, swimming lessons, visitors, garden tending and raspberry picking!  I even did some canning–with the day before I swore I’d never do–its actually easier than I thought!
Summer is also a time for baseball–Sophia is slightly obsessed so I got her a bat and ball on my [...]