Monday, June 25, 2012

We can swing

We finally installed the second swing and mulched around the whole swing set. This only took about a year and a half! Now we're working on re-seeding the rest of the back yard. I'll admit, it's my fault we don't have grass there. I wanted a perennial garden and knew the first step was to kill all the grass in the area where I wanted to plant. Well, I never quite got to the next step so it's back to grass. ;(.
Back to kid stuff: Did I mention that I signed the boys up for gymnastics this summer? They love it and have been braver than ever on the rings on the swing set. I may live to regret that choice of activities. Pictures and an update at the gym to hopefully come soon.
Pictures are: The yard before mulch & seeding and the boys on the swing set(Bryan in red shorts).

Sunday, June 17, 2012

We can ride a bike

We recently got the boys their first big-boy bikes. Today, Father's Day, we took them for a ride on the Prairie Trail. They rode a strong 4 miles. The pictures below are from today and from when they first got their bikes.

We can swim

So after a lot of consideration, I decided to enroll the twins in swim classes this year. They were in pre-tiny tot last week for a week and a half. The lessons were on getting used to the water, general safety, floating and dunking your head. Jonathan was a natural and when asked to go under he jumped down from the wall he was sitting on and dunked his head right away. Bryan was quite hesitant and would only go as far as his ears. Luckily, he did everything else perfect and the teacher decided to pass him to the next level-tiny tots. They start in August. He'll have to go under for this level-wish him luck!
The pictures are Bryan lounging before swim class and Jonathan excited to get started.