Leia Train Attack

Leia got super excited about trains yesterday. She'll be crawling after them in no time!

Last day of Swimming

We are cheating a little. These photos are from last week, not the last day of swimming. Scott however did swim with Kate again today, though they got to be in the shallow pool this time. Kate has come a long way with her water confidence and ability to blow bubbles this summer. She has also rediscovered floating on her back and how to do big splashy kicks (two things she did well as a baby). It was great to have a scheduled swim time so that we were motivated to get in the water regularly. Now we have to work on keeping up Kate's new skills on our own.

Getting started...
Blowing bubbles.
Doing reach and pulls, and racing Hadley to the rubber ducky. Note there is another duck off to the right that looks lonely.
Working on splashy kicks.
Climbing through the tunnel.
"swimming" while Scott holds only Kate's bathing suit. She loved it and really paddled hard with her arms and legs!
That's all folks.
Our next regularly scheduled adventure: Gymnastics! (it starts next week, stay tuned for pics)

Bremerton Fountains

Last week was adventure week. One of the places we visited were the fountains in Bremerton. Riding the ferry was a fun start of the trip. The fountains were a short walk once we landed. It was chilly but Kate braved it. Then the sculptures were discovered. After a quick lunch we hopped back on the ferry and headed home. It was a much more relaxing adventure than anticipated, definitely on the do-it-again list.

Leia on the ferry (beloved chewing spoon along as well...)

These two goofballs were hamming it up.

The fountains. There are five in all, each with a shallow wading pool.
Kate started at one end and walked through all five fountains and back again.

Getting in touch with art...


These two turkeys came too. They have great entertainment value!


Riding the ferry home. Kate enjoyed her perch.

There goes the grocery bill!

We officially have another solid food eater in the house.

It started with bananas and quickly moved to avocado. She definitely prefers the avocado but is mostly just excited to be eating. Leia has been watching us all intently while we eat for some time now. She has practiced chewing motions and even has a rubber spoon to play with. Now she is a part of the foodie group.

Kate thinks feeding Leia is a great activity. Other than a few accidental gaggings she is a great help.
Here is the after face:
That's one happy foodie!