Short and Sweet...

Just wanted to share from Aubrey and Grandma Robin. Here is part of the email I got today.

Hi Christy & Steve,

We've been busy and I wanted to give you an update of all the fun things we've been doing. Nothing worthy of the blog page, but I've been so proud of Aubrey (most of the time . . . we had a couple of "fussy four" moments).

We've had two days at the "club pool" (as Aubrey calls it) and now "the backyard pool is for smaller kids". We're going to get a new vest after "Kung Fu Panda" because the swimming suit w/vest we have is a little snug. She's already met two friends, Andi (female) and Will. They are having so much fun "swimming" and (not so fun times) sharing toys!!

We've been dog walking and yesterday had an adventure with a loose boxer. Aubrey was so calm and brave while Grandma got the dog and put Annie's leash on it so we could take it back home. It kept trying to get Zoey and Aubrey was holding Zoey. Aubrey was protecting Zoey and made Annie get out of the road. She will remember this story as the dog took off running with me attached (that frightened her a little). We were able to get a couple of neighbors to talk over. Whew!!! She couldn't wait to tell Grandpa Bernie.

We also went to the Urban Safari yesterday and saw Safari Hunter (and Magician) Greg. There were over 500 children and he kept them raptured. He brought along Nemo the King Snake, Checkers the lizard (??), Tagu the Red Tiger Lizard and Patches the Python. His sidekick was a puppet named Buzzie the Buzzard. Buzzie had the children rolling with laughter. She had a great time, but didn't want to pet the python like most of the kids. "We don't like to touch snakes".

More swimming and a picnic with Grandpa last night. She and Grandpa have now had ice cream sundaes two nights in a row. She and Grandpa like to same kind of ice cream !!!

I must say it's much easier taking care of Jamie. I had some down time. I'm not complaining, I'm loving every minute because I know it will be a while in between visits. However, I forgot how hard it was to get anything done with an active pre-schooler around.

I hope my photos get thru.

Love you both AND "my little man" JAMIE,

Robin

P.S. Aubrey's new friend will soon be 6. His name is William James. His Dad's name is James and he goes by Jamie. Another coincidence, Jamie's wife is named Robin. They just moved to the neighborhood a month ago. He's in Family Practice with the Vanderbilt Medical Center down in Franklin.

Thank you Robin! That made an easy post for us! Tomorrow we have plans to go out on a date! Sam's Club is definitely on the agenda!