Tom & Ella completed their first triathalon on Sunday. Tom was part of a team and was the swimmer. Ella competed in the kids triathalon... 2 lap swim, 4 mile bike, 1/2 mile run. Both worked hard to train for the event and did super the day of! Ella was most proud to show me her numbers when she got home...such a big deal in fact that today she noticed they had almost wore off, so asked me to write them on again with a permanent marker. Oh boy! Both want to do it again next year & Tom's even hoping to compete as an individual! What a special daddy-daughter deal. 
I experienced my first little boy haircut this week...true to Thomas, it was an adventure! I had the sequence of events all wrong & learned a few lessons in the process...
Thank God for Grandmas is what I'm naming this post....Not sure how we would have done it without the help of my mom & Tom's the past month. From planting flowers, to laundry to chasing Thomas or holding him down, to canoe rides...their help was incredible. Thanks Mom! Thanks Sheryl!
What a sweet surprise I had this morning...Tom & I woke at 6am to little feet scurrying in the kitchen and things clanging. Tom went out to see what was going on. It was Claire and she was making me breakfast in bed. She planned it all the night before. Even picked flowers with her friend, Tommi and made me close my eyes while she put them in a vase & hid them under the sink. Well, she picked my favorite cereal (go-lean) and poured milk on it. Then Tom told her to wait a bit and go back to bed. When they woke again an hour later, the cereal was soggy and the milk was gone so had to think of something else. Ella suggested peanut butter toast so they set to work. The flowers Claire picked the night before were now dead, so they went outside and picked fresh ones. There were even some leaves poked into the bouquet because "at weddings, they have leaves." I got up and they weren't quite ready so sent me back to bed. They proudly delivered breakfast to me and I enjoyed every sweet moment of it. After wards, Claire told me they had 2 more things they were going to do...They made my bed and planned on making me lunch. Wow! What did I do to deserve these sweet girls? My very first breakfast in bed....I know I'll remember it always!
