Swimming videos galore

More swimming videos.  I was a video machine last night!

Swimming

Jumping

Swimming

Jumping

More swimming

Doing some doggie paddle here and learning how to move both our arms and our feet at the same time.

The kid is so excited about jumping I can barely catch it on video at times!

A better video of the jumping.

Stay tuned; last night involved a very important First for Brady in the water!

Swim lessons

We are once again in the midst of swim lessons.  Brady is taking the Parent/Tot class through UFM up at the Natatorium on K-State's campus. 

Stepping down into the water.  Thank goodness for indoor pools.  This one isn't heated so it does get a little chilly, but at least it's inside!

 Working on our dog paddle.  The instructor tries to have the kids practice various skills including moving your arms and kicking your feet at the same time. 

 Climbing out of the pool.  Brady's favorite part of swim lessons is getting out and jumping back in. 

 Much as he loves jumping, Brady DOES NOT like to float on his back.  He has definitely not mastered that skill yet. 

 Much to our embarrassment, he has a major breakdown if you try to make him float on his back.  As in, mouth wide open and screaming at the top of our lungs.  It usually ends in him standing outside of the pool and just pouting until he can jump again.  It's really great fun for his parents during these tantrums *she says dripping with sarcasm*.

Outtakes

Apparently I'm in a blog-posting mood today, so here's another one to entertain you.  Lest you think all of the pictures we take of our children turn out good, here are some outtakes from yesterday's portait sesson.

 Whoa, just a little on the bright side with that flash.  Tone it down, will ya?

 2nd picture with her mouth wide open like that.  And I had just fed her.  She's hit the stage where anything she can grab goes straight to her mouth.  So really, she's just being prepared by keeping it open!

 And a little grin.  What a cutie pie!

More from White Day

Brady insisted on putting on his backpack while we were getting ready yesterday morning. 

 Notice the slight shiner underneath his right eye.  Yeah, that hasn't improved yesterday.  This morning it was all red and even more bruised.  Pretty typical that he's got at least one bruise at any given point in time given how rough he plays.

 All ready!

The day care Brady and Brenna attend is beginning to teach the toddlers colors and the letters of the alphabet.  Each week we have a color, which is what you wear on Wednesday, and also a letter of the alphabet.  This week the letter is F, so on Friday the kids need to take something for show & tell that starts with the letter F (I'm thinking fire truck).

The color for this week is white.  I already relayed my feelings about children wearing white (as in children shouldn't wear white because you know they're just going to get it dirty!) and they just laughed at me.

So, yesterday we dressed up the kids in white.  Brady has one white shirt.  Fortunately Brenna has an outfit that matches her brother's shirt, so we had to take some morning pictures. 

 This is what happens when a 2-year-old tries to pick up a baby.  We're obviously still learning the meaning of the term "gentle."

 But they are quite amused with each other.  I'm quite excited to watch them grow up together.  As Brenna grows into her personality more, Brady interacts with her and it's just so much fun to watch.

Phone

A couple of weeks ago Brady INSISTED that we call the grandparents.  Insist.  I haven't a clue why, but once we finished dinner he was adamant that we call Nana and Papaw. 

So, we pulled out the phone and made some calls.  We couldn't really understand everything he was talking about, but as you can tell by the pictures below he was very happy to talk and quite animated when speaking. 

I fear we may have created a phone-loving monster.  Now when he sees Mom or Dad's phone he picks it up, brings it to us, and in the sweetest voice possible says "We call Papaw?"