The Surratt Pack: Pool time!!

We have had a busy and fun couple weeks – a great kick off to the summer! Riley and Kyle have gotten reacquainted with the pool and are enjoying being outside and barefoot as much as possible. They are also no longer fearful of thunder storms (we thank DelFest for that) and we have had a couple doozies lately producing hail and flooding!
We spent a fun day at Kings Dominion with the Lamberts last week. It was perfect weather and not crowded at all - we rode nearly every ride in the kids section and still had time for the water park. The lazy river was a huge hit and we are looking forward to going back soon. We also spent a day at CMoR with the Lamberts and got to visit briefly with the Grinnells from Atlanta! It is so much fun seeing Drew and Kyle together since they are nearly the same age and we wish they lived closer!
We have also gone down to see Bebe twice in the last couple weeks. Bebe’s arm is getting better and better every day and she is an excellent patient, doing everythink asked of her by her PT! For some strange reason, I think she actually misses diaper duty;-) We also attended the Strawberry Festival AND the Greek Festival in the past couple weeks. And had a great dinner with the O’Sullivans this past weekend! Riley and Kyle had tons of fun playing with Cerys and taking over her house!!
The kids began a new school last week as well. Since Bebe is out of commission, they are going to school three days a week for awhile. They both appear to really love their new classes and Riley has found two new best buddies right away. Riley has officially finished soccer and is ready for gymnastics again. Although she definitely has the skill for soccer, she doesn’t have the competitiveness just yet, so we are going to take a soccer break. Riley is entering a new stage where she has lots of opinions and they are normally opposite of what Tracy & Eric want! Although she is still a very sweet, compassionate, and smart little girl, she enjoying telling us “no” way too much… we are working on that however it has given us a glimpse into our teen age years with Riley:-)
Kyle was given a clean bill of health this past week – his ears look great! They are no longer “puking goo” anymore, as Riley would put it. He is a crazy boy as always and has begun eating us out of house and home! Dinner earlier this week consisted of THREE entire tacos! He may have eaten more than Tracy or Eric. He seems to love his new school and reportedly sang in his sleep so clearly the first day that the little girl next to him, who was not sleeping, joined in!
On to the pix!

Riley snacking at the pool