Paradise Park Pictures

A bad mom moment

I had to pick up Kate from grandma's today and realized I didn't have the base for her carrier carseat. But, I did have Sam's old convertible in the car, so I decided we could use that. Before you panic and call social services, you should know that Kate's well past the 20 pound limit anyway, but fails the one year mark, so we keep her backwards so far. Like Sam, her feet are about to touch the seat backwards, and then we can flip her around anyway. But, I decided to see how she'd like riding forward on the now quick trip home from grandma's (about 5 minutes!).

She seemed to like the ride, and I turned around and talked to her at stop lights. But then when I'd turn back to drive, she complained. I think she likes attention...

Sam's first swim lesson

Sam started swim lessons yesterday. He loved it. He had taken "lessons" as a baby, and swims every summer at our friend's house, but I wasn't sure how he'd do without his Nemo suit. No worries. He was grouped with 3 other kids-- he was the youngest, but just by a couple of months. He laughed and played and splashed the other kids. They started in the baby pool, but ended up putting on life jackets and jumping into the deep end. Naturally, Sam was the first to jump. "I got some water in my face, mom," he said.

On the way home, Sam talked and talked about swimming and how much fun it was and how we should definitely go back there a lot of times.

This morning he woke up and said, "Are we going to swim lessons today?" I think it's safe to say that swim lessons are a big hit.

Kate's Cup

We are trying to teach Kate to use a cup. She seems to do better when it's water, not formula. Mary got her to use it some Sunday night, but she's getting better every day!

In general, she's becoming less and less interested in baby food, and even formula, and more eager to eat what we're eating-- cut up green beans, bread, etc. She is good at chewing, even though she has only 2 teeth right now. She's really slowed down on the formula too. I don't think she's hurting for calories, though. She's still a pretty good sized girl!