StoryTime

Kiddos in play centers (2 of 2), originally uploaded by homanhouse.

Tonight, for storytime, Megan wanted to read her brother a story, and hold him, and rock him. Such a sweetheart.

Our very hungry li' caterpillar!

Kiddos (2 of 7), originally uploaded by homanhouse.

My big girl!

Kiddos (1 of 7), originally uploaded by homanhouse.

But I guess still a bit of my little girl as I look at the milk mustache in the photo!

Brotherly love

Kiddos (4 of 7), originally uploaded by homanhouse.

I just LOVE to see this. Megan is just so great with her little brother. She just adores him, and loves to chat and play with him! Such a great big sister

Megan swim lessons

Megan swim lessons 1, originally uploaded by homanhouse.

A few weeks back, Megan participated in two weeks of swim lessons. The lessons were from the YMCA as part of their "bring your own pool" lessons. For a set fee, they provide an instructor and lifeguard for 2 weeks of lessons, 45 min / day.

Overall, these have been the best swim lessons she has had. We have done lessons at the "Y" before (ok, but sometimes crowded), lessons at our fitness club and pool (Lifetime -- which I can only say were quite awful!) and now these lessons. I must say they were quite affordable for the great format. She had a friend coordinating this and her friend had a pool, and she graciously shared her pool, and let the kids stay several days to have lunch n swim parties afterwards! Megan had a blast.

I'd say these were affordable lessons, but they might have gotten a bit expensive where we really got pool envy. We always thought our yard too small, but this yard was about the same size and beautifully landscaped with the pool and hot tub too! It was a SALT water pool, and the water was quite comfortable! (I got to participate in a few lunch and swims as well!)

In the end, Megan is still a timid swimmer, but is so much more comfortable now, and puts her face in the water easily (and now at every bathing opportunity too!) Great job Megan!

first food cereal

first food cereal, originally uploaded by homanhouse.

Ethan's first cereal. He didn't seem super impressed. But we were glad to catch a few of the faces on video! And of course his big sister helped! She was also a bit unimpressed with the cereal!

first food carrots

first food carrots, originally uploaded by homanhouse.

I think he liked it! which is a bit more than we can say for the cereal!

Bathtime fun

smiley bathtime, originally uploaded by homanhouse.

A video of Ethan enjoying his bathtime. He had to take a bath because he had just had his very first meal of baby food, and there were as many carrots ON him as IN him!

Bathtime!

smiley in the tub, originally uploaded by homanhouse.

He does so love bathtime! Our Ethan is a very smiley little boy. He gets oooh and ahhed over at school for being such a happy smiley little boy!

You'd be happy too if you had such a great big sister who thought the world of you!

Hello World!

Grandma Visits (8 of 11), originally uploaded by homanhouse.

Ethan is getting quite cute and ROUND faced! He holds his head easily, and even tries to use his back muscles to sit up and puts weight on his legs when you hold him upright! He smiles all the time, especially of a morning, and loves his big sister the best!

We are just trying to keep up (and at least have a FEW pictures of this second child!)

PS -- Thanks Aunt Ruth for the cute Pooh blanket! (seen here in photos!)



Sitting out front with Grandma...



And we had a cooking day (where we make dinner and lots of it to fit in our freezer!) where Megan was quite the helpful little cook. Takes lot of help to make 15 pounds of mashed potatoes!





Of course, the occasional pause for creative arts...