Evan's 1st Swim Meet

Evan with his swim instructor, John

Wilson, Evan & Ellie

Evan "dives' into the pool

 Swimming Freestyle

Evan has been taking swim lessons the last few weeks to improve his stroke development. He has gotten quite good at both freestyle and butterfly. Each month Southwest Aquatics has a swim meet for the kids in the lessons to show off their skills, so I thought it would be a great way to end his lessons. Evan's friends Wilson and Ellie did the swim meet as well and they were all so excited. They got a medal for each event they swam and their time was on there. It was like a real swim meet! Evan swam the 17yd free and 17yd caterpillar (butterfly kick only) and did great. Evan can't be on the swim team until he's 5, so we have a little time, but he seems very interested. If, for the medal, only :).

Loving life!

Big Medal Winners

BEYOND proud of himself!

Day at Animal Kingdom

Yesterday we went to Animal Kingdom with our friends Abby, Evan and Drew. The kids had a fun time on the safari ride, dinosaur ride and watching the Lion King Show. I've been on the safari ride at least 15 times, but yesterday, for the first time, we got to see the lion stand up, walk around and roar on the safari. It was so cool. My picture of it didn't turn out great, but I will always remember how special it was to see the lion like that. And hearing the roar was cool, it wasn't quite as loud or scary as I thought it would be. Perhaps it was because I knew I was safe and he couldn't get me!

Dragon Tatoos

We went to Claire's friend, Ruby's, 2nd birthday party the other day and Evan left with these cool dragon "tattoos". Pretty cool body painting!!

Claire's 1st big boo boo

Yesterday while the kids and I were playing in the play room, Claire tripped over her own feet and fell face down on the train table edge. It was horrible watching it happen, but being too far from her to stop it. But as soon as she got over her crying, she's been a champ. She is really so tough. You wouldn't even know anything happened. I need to take some lessons in toughness from her!

Field Day

Evan's school had field day this morning, where they show off all of the skills they've learned in Kindergym this year. It was so cute to see all the kids in his class enjoying themselves. You could tell they were all so proud to show off to their parents and siblings. I was most impressed by the yoga poses they know, I had no idea! Claire seemed pretty fascinated watching the big kids, and enjoyed the dancing silly willies the best!

Swim Lessons

Evan has been taking swim lessons the last few weeks at Southwest Aquatics where he has learned how to swim freestyle and butterfly quite well! His teacher, John, is now working on his diving and breast stroke. Evan seems to enjoy his lessons and learning how to swim all the different strokes.

Family Day at Disney

On Cinco de Mayo, we took advantage of having Joe at home, Evan off of school and the most gorgeous, 75 degree no humidity day to go to Magic Kingdom. Although it was pretty crowded, we managed to fit in a lot of rides and even more fun. Claire is proving to be less of a dare devil than Evan (yeah for now!), but seemed to enjoy all the time she could get on her daddy's lap.