first swim lesson

poolside after Jace's lesson. Julianne and Joel are about to get in the water

Tonight was the first of a series of swim lessons for the kids that will take us through the month of May. It's my way of easing into swim season. They will be able to get comfortable in the water just in time for our neighborhood pool to open.

Due to some schedule changes at the rec center Jace's lesson is the half hour before Julianne's. They have the same instructor. I figured Joel and I could take turns swimming with Julz while the other gets Jace cleaned up and dressed after his lesson. I did not anticipate how excited Jace would be for Julz to swim. He would not leave the edge of the pool while she was in the water. He danced at the edge giggling and talking to her and trying to talk to the instructor. It was adorable.

 We tucked in two very tired kids tonight.

This face

Little girl was feeling much better last night at dinner time. She happily gobbled bits of spaghetti noodles and meatballs. Then started playing a game of her own creation. She scrunches up her face and makes snorting sounds. Jace thought it the most hilarious thing he'd ever seen in the world and laughed so hard he was falling out of his chair. Joel just made the same face right back at her and the game continued for several minutes. Long enough for me to get a series of these pictures.

racing and resting

Another year, another Cherry Creek Sneak. Today Joel ran the 10 mile race while Jace and I cheered him on. Aaron ran the 5K race and Janet and Lori were on the staff of volunteers for the race. Julianne spent the morning at Grandma and Papa's house. Little girl is not feeling good this weekend. We took her to the Dr. on Friday afternoon after she spent the afternoon crying. Since then we have been treating her with Advil to keep her comfortable as she fights what the Dr. said is probably a virus. She doesn't sleep great when she's not feeling well so all of us have lost a little sleep this weekend.

Wishing Daddy a good race at the starting line

Today Julianne is 10 months old. I can't believe how fast the months have flown by. She is growing much to fast. This week she will have her first swimming lesson. Hope she gets to feeling better by then.

crawling, waving and teeth

I spent the day at home today with the kids. We used masking tape to turn the living room floor into a road map then scattered matchbox cars and wooden blocks all over. It was great entertainment. Julianne has been crawling for a few days now and is really getting the hang of it. She follows Jace around the living room with ease and does surprisingly well of the wood floors. Her major obstacle right now is the step between the raised living room and the rest of the main floor. She can't go up and down it without help or a sad tumble.
This evening Joel got home and put on the front carrier pack to take Julianne on a walk. As soon as she saw it she got very excited, reaching and squeaking. We all enjoyed the cool spring evening. The park was full of teams practicing ball, girls soccer, two different age groups of baseball and even flag football. We made our way around the park playing a simplified version of Frisbee golf.
After dinner we did some dancing around the living room. It was a great stay at home day. Tomorrow will be much busier so I'm off to bed.

waving like she is the grand marshal of the parade

reading the bedtime story (check out those bottom teeth - she has 5 total now)