Swimming Reward

When the ice storm hit, we were stuck inside without power for 2 days. During that time, we told Anniston that if she was a good girl and played quietly during Treyson's naps then she'd get a prize. Well, fortunately for us, Anniston still hasn't hit the terrible twos. She listens to us most of the time. If Treyson's sleeping, she whispers. In the car, Anniston sings herself from location to location. But if Treyson's sleeping, I'll ask her to stay quiet, and she does. So, we didn't figure asking her to be good would be a stretch. . .

. . . so we had to come up with a reward. Chuck E. Cheese? Dollar spot at Target? Nah, we decided to go swimming when it was 35 degrees outside!! (of course we were inside!!) We went to the Jones Center in Springdale, and it's free. We were practically the only ones there. The water was a little more chilly than we liked, but Anniston and Jerry didn't seem to mind. They went down the big slide about 5 or 6 times. We will definitely do it again. For those of you who don't know, our little Anniston is part fish. She LOVES the water. She does so well with her swim lessons in the summer, and LOVES all forms of water that she can get her little body into. So she was in heaven!

And terrible Mommy was holding Treyson while I took all of these pictures. Jerry was wet (obviously) so he couldn't take the pictures. About the time we were wrapping things up (and when I was planning on taking a picture of Treyson), there was a major poo-plosion. No pictures this time. But let me just tell you. . . he looked stinkin cute in his little swim trunks. His little milk gut stuck out, and the shorts were practically to his ankles. I PROMISE to take pictures when we first put his swimming suit next time so that the poo-plosion doesn't defeat me again!!!