It's July?

Last week, I found myself shocked by the fact that we had made it to July so quickly. I think since it has not been scorchingly hot this summer, the time has sped by without the usual dragging days. We even had our windows open several days last week and I was wearing sweat pants! I'm so loving it.

Unfortunately, in the midst of all this unseasonably cool weather, Naomi has had swim lessons. She doesn't seem to notice the cold even though there have been a couple of days I was wishing for a jacket from the sidelines. Swimming does not come naturally to her but she has had a fun time splashing and playing with the kids in her class. We coordinated so that Naomi could be in the same class with our friend, Henry, and they have had a real fun time together too. Throughout the lessons, various things have come up as flags that the teacher is having a tough time making the most of their lesson time which led to A) lot's of fun time for Naomi and Henry to play and B) thanks to Monica, another two weeks worth of free lessons.

Here they are playing "rescue" while the teacher worked with one of the other ten kids.

Forth of July is always super fun. Both of the girls loved the fireworks this year. We got a good laugh at Leah because her reactions were so slow it took her most of the night to actually see the bright explosion in the sky.

 I just can't get enough of these braids. I think they are so cute!

Toward the end of the night, Leah and Sarah were restless and not getting the idea that they were too young to help with the fireworks. We stuck them both in the stroller to enjoy a ride down the driveway.

Leah is blowing her own bubbles now! She's so big.

Ice cream cake at 9:30. That's not going to be happening again for a loooong time.

Parachutes were one of the girls favorites this year. They each were dragging around a collection by the end of the day.

Silas wasn't into fireworks at all but he did get his first taste of cereal to celebrate the holiday. As you can see, he wasn't really into that either.

On Saturday, though, he got to taste Cheetoes. As expected, he liked those a lot.