Our Little Fish

Swimming is one of our favorite things to do. Sure it takes a lot of time to get everything ready to go and then it takes a lot of time to clean up afterwards. And it is a huge hassle when Spencer poops in his swim diaper...that's definitely my least favorite part of going to the pool. Let's just say that swim diapers are not meant to contain poop. But it is still a lot of fun and Spencer is really loving the water right now.

There was a cute little frog swimming in the pool with us. Spencer was a little hesitant to hold the frog at first, but they became good friends after a few minutes. Spencer would only hold the frog for a few seconds though. And then he would dump him right back in the pool.

*This reminds me of a kind of funny story. So one day when I was little I found a cute little baby frog. I carried it around on my shoulder all day. And it never tried to jump away from me so I just knew it really liked me. Well, I found out at the end of the day that it was dead. And I thought I had killed it because I didn't give it any food or water. But thinking back I'm almost positive it was dead the whole time. And how disturbing is it that I was carrying a dead frog around all day?

Anyway, here are a few videos of Spencer swimming. It's amazing that at the beginning of the summer he would cry and cry until I took his floaties off. And now he loves having them on so he can swim by himself. And he doesn't like being helped too much. Sometimes I will just hold his tummy so his face stays above the water but he always tries to move my hand. The other night we went swimming and we had taken Spencer's floaties off because we were ready to leave and he kept trying to jump in the pool! Bryce was in there so he let him jump in and go under the water for a second...thinking he would learn his lesson and not do it again. But no, he got out and jumped right back in!

100th Post!

I just noticed that this will be out 100th post! I thought that was at least worth mentioning.

Our Fourth of July weekend was pretty low key. Bryce took Spencer out to see the Vaclaw Family fireworks show on Saturday night. And he liked it! He didn't cry or act scared. Bryce said Spencer did want to be held the whole time though. And for the first ten minutes after every firework he would say "oh wow!" On Sunday we went to church, had BBQ chicken sandwiches, corn on the cob, and homemade ice cream for dinner, and then lit a few fireworks and sparklers in the front yard. Spencer loved the sparklers.

Our summer seems to be going by pretty fast. So we are trying to enjoy every minute of it. Spencer is now 21 months old! And he is getting to be quite the little swimmer. He has come a long way this summer. At the beginning he hated floaties and really didn't even like being taken out into the water. And now he will wear his floaties and can even float and "swim" by himself! He likes to try and drink the water most of the time so he hasn't quite mastered keeping his chin up very well, but he loves to kick his legs and move his arms. I'll have to take some video of him next time because it is just so cute.

We've been trying to keep ourselves busy inside since the humidity makes it feel 20 degrees hotter than it really is. One morning I let Spencer do some finger painting.

It started out pretty well. He got a little on his tummy.

And then he went crazy! He enjoyed painting himself more than the paper. I just stuck him in the shower afterwards so clean up was pretty easy. But he loved it so it was all worth it. And we'll probably even do it again.

This is a video Bryce took of Spencer right before bed one night. Bryce was behind the camera helping Spencer know to say either mom or dad. And notice how he usually ends up saying both mommy and daddy. He's a smart kid. And a pretty cute one too.

This is in honor of the world cup, which has been very popular in our house this summer. Spencer loves to kick the ball around with daddy. He is usually so impressed when daddy kicks the ball in the air or does cool tricks. And Spencer has started doing this thing lately where he has to pat the soccer ball on the floor a few times before he kicks it. I guess to get it in just the right position. He's such a pro already. :)