Monday, June 17, 2013

Thirty-Two Months Old

Summertime is in full swing, and we are loving it!  Besides taking swimming lessons, we've been busy doing other things too. 

Memorial Day brought a family outing to the Ellington Agricultural Center, a favorite place to go for a walk, enjoy nature and see the police horses.




We've had quite a bit of rain. One rainy day brought a turtle into our yard from some unknown place.  Cooper was very interested in this and still talks about it, weeks later.


The rain has been great for my garden.  I get such a "rush" from seeing the seeds pop up out of the ground, that by the time they had all come up, I decided to double the size of it and plant some more things.  It's been a lot of work, but we're starting to reap the rewards.  We have gotten lots of lettuce and radishes, and tonight we had our first sugar snap peas for dinner.  It's looking like we will soon have some green beans, cucumbers and tomatoes too.

Cooper's sunflowers are doing well.  They are now taller than he is!

Of course, we get really filthy doing all these things, and have to come in and take a bath.  But Cooper usually enjoys that too.

Don got laid off from his job a couple of weeks ago.  He got a pretty good severance package, so we'll be okay financially for a while.  Prayers are appreciated that he'll find something, preferably a good job that pays well and has good benefits, not too far away, and one that he enjoys, before his severance runs out.  It's been kind of nice having him at home, but it's a little stressful for both of us, not knowing what's next.  God is in control though, and for that, we are very thankful.


Friday, June 14, 2013

Swimming Lessons

Cooper has been taking swimming lessons at our local YMCA this week.  He had never been in a "big" swimming pool before, so I was a little apprehensive as to how he might do.  I needn't have worried.  He LOVED it!

His class was for kids 6-36 months old.  It was designed for a parent (me) and child to take together, so that while the child was learning, the parent was also learning to how work with the child and teach him further.

He began learning to float on his tummy and on his back, stroke with his arms, kick, and put his head under and blow bubbles.

We stayed afterward a few of the days and went to the outside pool. They had a splash pad that he liked playing in, but his favorite thing of all was sliding down the slide . . . over and over and over . . .!  I was afraid he wouldn't want to go back into his structured class the next day after he enjoyed this so much, but he did.  He loved it all!


We may join the Y for the rest of the summer, now that we know how much he loves swimming, and to give him more practice doing it.  At any rate, we have definitely found something that makes our little guy happy! ( :