Summer Hair and Swimming

Tuesday Gloria took Baylor to the Barber for a hair cut.  It has been quite some time since he had it done and it was nearly in his eyes.  He wanted to wait until it was past his eyes but we thought otherwise.  Gloria sent me the before (showing his angry eyes for having to wait)

during

and after.  Just as handsome as ever!! 

A swimming class he loves to run up the stairs, look over the wall, and wait for me to hobble up after him. And sometimes I get a love face for my efforts.  

A close-up of his new do.  

I finally started using Instagram which is fun choosing all the different filter options.  

Swimming class was four nights a week for two weeks and our neighbor Riley had class at the same time.  She asked us why Baylor wore a different suit at each class.  My only answer is the boy has more clothes than me!!  Some are from the last two years and some were bought ahead and are just fitting him this year.  I have been finding random twos and threes in the drawer.  I give them to a co-worker with a two year old.

I was taking the photo of the clouds and sky and this lovely bird made his way onto the photo.  I love it!  

Baylor has always loved using the basement doors as a slide and part of his play.  We have never had any accidental falls for which we thank the Luck of the Praying Mantis, or something like that.  

Another night of lessons and another suit combination.  Wednesday was the first night the whole swimming thing kicked in;  head down, blowing bubbles, kicking and paddling at the same time.  He was not swimming without the teacher right there but Dan let go of him and just followed until Baylor struggled.  He ran up to me after class and was so excited to tell me he did it.  

But when he left, he made sure he was Superman, cape and all.  

Friday was the last night of class and we were out of swimming shirts.  

But we had goggles for this class.  When he is under water the first thing he does when he comes up in stop to wipe off his eyes.  He is never going to swim if he is stopping to do that so the teacher suggested we try the goggles.  

Ready to jump in and swim to Dan. 

and back to the platform. 

Swimming with the kick board. 

There is that smile!  He had the goggles on his eyes when he needed them but for the kick board he was good with them on his forehead.  Swimming with a smile, that is his M-O. 

All the kids love the big boards, the teachers spin them around as fast as they can while the kids hang on.  

See this kid, he is a level II swimmer now!  

Thursday was his last class and he passed Level I and was so excited to go on to Level II.  He thought he would have class the next night.  He asked when the call Level II, will he get to go with that teacher now?  I had to explain I had to look at the schedule to see when we could get him in a Level II.  He told both of his teachers it was the best day ever.  I was so proud of my little budding swimmer.  

Hometown Fun

Finally a stay at home Sunday!  I did not have a lot of plans for the day but my parents did stop over for a bit in the morning but left by early afternoon.  So we had the rest of the day to play.  For two years I have had this idea pinned as my cover pin on Pinterest and I finally did it.  I sacrificed two crappy socks and it worked just like it was supposed to.

Next time we will try it with food color on the socks for some colored bubble snakes.  I also saw one version that made dragon faces on the bottle so it looked like they were breathing bubbles. Very cute but not something I could leave outside!  

The girls will be done with school soon and hopefully will be able to play more with Baylor.  They had a fun after noon together riding the bikes and then they decided to play tee ball out in the field. Notice Baylor is in differnent clothes? We go through several outfits on a given day.  It it a good thing he has such a large selection to choose from in his closet!  

They all their stuffed friends and put them in chairs on the sidelines to watch. 

So on day three of learning to ride his bike, he got it.  And I could not have been more proud.  We had another major melt down over it but even then he was not willing to give up.  He started with about four cycles with the pedals and then just kept trying.  He would get more and go longer each time until he could do the whole driveway.  He went straight to the gravel to practice there because that is what is at Connor's campground.

Vanessa loves bubbles as much as I do and she loves to make them as much as she loves to pop them.  She stood with me for a long time making bubbles together.  

Big bubbles

And little bubbles 

And trying to get the little bubbles into the big bubbles

Baylor took a few turns

And then we all went to our first trip to the creek together.  The water level was back down to normal so we had a lot of room on the rocks to share with all the other people enjoying the water.  

Last time we were here the water was running up past the wall and the little sandy bit was over on the left corner.  The canal was flowing fast as well.  River is the dog there enjoying the water and sticks being thrown in the water.  All the kids took a turn throwing sticks out for him. 

The water was cold but tolerable.   

And the water sprite was ready to get wet!  

I took Baylor out as far s the Browns are but then I went by myself as far out as I could go.  I could go within ten feet of the other side.  It was a good day at the creek for everyone and was made even nicer with our neighbors.