12 years ago today...

Paper Dancing

Noah really likes cutting with scissors, but he couldn't decide which was more fun: cutting the paper or dancing in it.

Pulling Up

I was planning on posting this picture tonight and writing about how Isaac is starting to pull himself up on his knees, but then this happened...

Isaac pulled himself up to standing! We play in Noah's bed after naptime almost every day, and Isaac has been doing pull-ups on the guard rail for a few weeks now. Today, Isaac was doing pull-ups and discovered that if he pulls hard enough, he can stand up. He did it again and again (and then again after I got the camera), and squealed with delight the whole time. As you can see from the above picture, his big brother did not share his pure delight with this new skill. Sometimes it takes Noah a while to wake up from his nap.

Painting a Masterpiece

Noah has been painting a lot lately - he loves it!

Isaac says "Go Blue!"

Happy Father's Day!

First Swimming Lesson

We had a great day at our neighborhood pool on Thursday morning.  Noah had his first swimming lesson with is friends Austin and Allie. His swimming teacher is Ms. Sandie from our church.  They worked on skills like kicking, blowing bubbles, jumping in the pool (into Ms. Sandie's arms), and floating in their backs.  Noah thought it was a lot of fun.

I swam with Noah and Isaac after the lesson, and immediately noticed that Noah had so much more confidence after his lesson.  He was floating just like his was in the above picture, but he didn't need me to hold on to his hands the whole time.  He kept saying, "Look Mommy!  I'm swimming with no help!"  We spent Saturday morning at the pool and Noah had a blast jumping into the pool.  He jumped with so much more force and power with his legs, and by the end of the morning he didn't want anyone to catch him (so we would stand farther back with our hands underwater and catch him that way).  He would jump in and go completely underwater, then his floaties would get him back to the surface.  That's a whole lot of swimming progress in three days!