Pool Party with Homeschool Friends

To carry over some of the enthusiasm from the conference I invited some home school moms and their kiddos out for a morning at the pool. On August 1 the Snow family and the Westhoff family joined us.  We had a blast. We spent the time comparing notes from the weekend and voicing our plans for the upcoming school year. 
We got out for a lunch of sandwiches and fruit. One of the young ones, just now 6 years old, got out of the pool ad looked down at his shadow. "Hey mom it is about ten minutes after noon, right?" She laughed as she asked him what he was talking about. he very intelligently stated, "According to the size of my shadow I think it must be a little bit after noon." Only home school kids tell time by their shadow of the sun. I wish it was one of my smart kids that was showing off knowledge.

As this last picture points out we moms let the kids play while we enjoyed our conversation.

Here is to friends and to the 2011-2012 school year.

Snow storm in the pool!

Funny picture first!
Look at all those kiddos. I love each of those people so much!
The snow family and the W family joined us for an afternoon at the pool. So many neighbor friends joined us as well. We spent hours in the sun with Pooker life guarding. It was so nice watching all these people talk, play, swim, tease, talk and enjoy each other's company. This day summed up summer!

We all were wiped out when the day was over. It is always so much fun spending time with these friends.
We just love some good Snow Time!!!!

The Zoo

Knowing that I hate the heat I bundled the crew up to visit the Houston zoo, we were expecting a Snow Storm.
We are new members of the zoo and this would be our first visit in 7 years. When we first moved to Houston we went and hated it because it cost money and was nothing compared to the St. Louis Zoo. A few months back Pickle was talking to Jumba and was describing this wonderful place where people can go to visit animals from all over the world Jumba was excited but Pickle said mom and dad just don't love us anymore because they stopped taking us.
I proved our love that very day by turning in a membership form. We planned to spend the day with the Snow Family.
I can't say that we loved the exhibits.
I can't say we even noticed though.
We seam to be lost in the company every time we visit with the Snow's.
I can't even believe how much fun our kids still have together after all these years. Mrs. Snow is the woman that first tried to encourage me to love Houston. She has not succeeded but i sure do love her.



That was the entire crowd.

Every few steps we would stop and just chat.



I love the interaction between all the ages. We are all friends.
Pickle loved the day.
The rest of us loved the time with friends.
Water was a big hit in the Houston humidity and heat.

Jumba's favorite was the Lion. He kept saying, "It's Aslan!" Sorry babe it is just a wild Lion.

How to find relief and make the day last a few more minutes?
Try some paddle boat rides.




It was sad to drive away and see the Snow Mobile in the rear view mirror. Jumba was asleep long before the car even cooled off.
I don't think we love the zoo at all, but honestly we didn't pay attention. Maybe in the fall when the temps start to drop we will try it again. Now to join Jumba in that nap!