The Happenings Around Here

It seems like we have been fairly busy lately. Although as I look back I can't really say with what. The first 2 weeks of June Ethan an Emily were in swim lessons, which was great! If you know how afraid of the water my kids were you would be amazed to see them now. They are both loving the water! Ethan is getting so good at swimming under the water and is started to dive down for things. He is even jumping off the side doing cannon balls these days. All this from the kids who the Saturday before swim lessons cried like the world was going to end because his face accidentally went under the water. Emily is doing really well too. She is still a little more timid than Ethan, but will swim under the water and jump in from the side as long as I am there to catch her. If I am not there she is still not (or maybe more that I am not) confident enough with out her water wings. We are leaps and bounds from where we were before Miss Carol (the swim teacher) got a hold of them. We have a great neighborhood pool and lots of fun neighbors to swim with so the lessons have made the pool much more enjoyable these days. I actually remembered to take my camera and get some pictures yesterday.

Ethan has discovered that he can sit under the fountain. It is his favorite "hiding" spot

As hard as we try we can't get Emily to go under. So she posed in front of it
Here they are with 2 of their cousins and another neighbor. There are several other kids we swim with regularly but they were being shy

Ethan swimming to the steps (and losing his shorts!)

I didn't get any pictures of Emery. Unfortunately he is not always the biggest fan of the pool. He would usually rather sit in his stroller and eat crackers or cheerios. He is crawling like crazy now and just discovered that he can climb the stairs. If you set him down he heads straight for the stairs. He is in the process of getting his top two front teeth so he is not real happy these days, but other than that he is happy as can be. I still can't believe that will be celebrating his 1st birthday in a few months. Just for fun I will add a picture of him. He loves his Cheerios and shoves as many as he can in one handful. Yesterday he ended up with one stuck above his lip. Ethan and Emily thought it was so funny and wanted a picture of it, so here it is.

This weekend we have a lot of fun plans. Eric's parents, his brother Jared and his brother Tyler with his wife and 2 kids are coming to town. It is always so fun to get everyone together. We will be going to watch fireworks, swim, BBQ and Saturday is a baby shower for my sister in law who is having a baby in a few weeks!! I will hopefully have lots of pictures and report early next week. Have a great 4th!!!