Swimming Lessons!

 Colton had his first day of swimming lessons last Saturday and he did great.  He jumped right in and wanted to head for the deep end!  The teacher had to coax him back up the ramp, which he was not happy about at first.  He wanted to, of course, be where Austin was.  Austin is already in level 2 and Colton wanted to be jumping in and having fun with him instead of starting in the preschool level.  Once I talked to him for a few minutes he was just fine and spent the rest of the lesson blowing bubbles and listening attentively to the teacher.  I think his swimming skills are ready for level 1 but he needs to know how important it is to listen to his teacher and learn all the safety rules!  Hopefully the rest of the lessons go well for him!

 Here is Colton sitting on the edge of the "hot pool" as he likes to call it!

 And here is Austin going round and round in circles while holding on to a green noodle.  He wanted me to keep taking pictures and was definitely being a bit cheesy for the camera!  He is in Level 2, which is over on a part of the pool where he can just keep his head out of the water by standing on his toes.  He loved it though!  Both boys got to sit in the "hot pool" for five minutes after their class.  Papa was able to come and watch their first lesson and the boys were excited to have an audience!

And Gavin is able to get everywhere!  He is doing a scoot-crawl maneuver that gets him everywhere he wants and/or needs to be.  We have been working on baby proofing the house all over again.  It is funny how Gavin will crawl through a living room full of appropriate baby toys just to reach that one toy on the other side of the room that he shouldn't have!  Austin and Colton are really good at keeping the little toys picked up and of course Brian and I are constantly checking and double checking to make sure everything is picked up that Gavin could reach. 

 

Gavin is making clicking noises with his tongue a lot and he loves when you do it back to him.  He has 8 teeth now, four on top and four on bottom!  He gets really excited about imitating noises that we make to him.  And he also lights up every time he lays eyes on his mama (which I LOVE, of course!)  Colton and Austin greet him every morning with kisses and hugs!  The perfect little trio most days!