Swim Lessons 2012

Today Caleb and Abby finished up two weeks of swim lessons at the YMCA.  We have just joined the Y for the first time this summer, and it only took one visit for us to realize that we are going to be here a lot over the course of all of the next 18 or so HOT Texas summers.  We've already been there a ton for family swim time, swimming lessons, and an occasional mommy workout time (THEY HAVE CHILDCARE!).  We were very happy with the progress that Caleb and Abby made in their swim lessons and hope to sign up for another session near the end of the summer.  Caleb is swimming out from the wall a good ways to us or his teacher, and then swimming back.  His class even did diving one of the days, and surprisingly, he loved it.  He keeps telling me that he wants to dive some more.  Abby was quite timid in the beginning.  She would try to do what the teacher said but would be super stiff trying to keep most of her body out of the water.  It was pretty funny to watch her.  Jon has been working with her at night a lot, and now she is a lot more confident with putting her face into the water.  She remained timid in class, but I think that is more caused by her shyness around new people than anything else.  They both enjoyed their lessons a whole bunch!  Now on to the pictures!

Sweet yellow swim-suited Abby waiting for her turn with the teacher

Caleb and his buddy Price racing with their pool noodles

Caleb swimming to the side

Abby with her teacher

 

Price in the streamline position, getting ready to push himself in

Caleb practicing with the kickboard.

  A Happy Abby Girl at the end of her lessons

A Whole Lot of Pics!

June (and May) seem to have flown by with very little time for blogging.  So here is a little catchup on life around the Capron household.

Caleb graduated from preschool! We have absolutely loved having Mrs. Jantz as his teacher. He had a great year!

   

Jon, Caleb, and Abby spent the night in the backyard in a tent. Mom and Luke stayed inside our comfy beds. Caleb cannot stop talking about how he wants to go camping for real in the Fall (when it isn't so stinking HOT!).

The kids have just about outgrown the bathtub. It sure is easy to bath them all together, but I think that Caleb is going to get the boot sometime soon. 

 I think that Luke looks so angelic in this picture.

  

We ate lunch on the back porch quite a few times in May. Now it has gotten a whole lot hotter and a whole lot more mosquito-y. Too bad!

 

The kids dressed up in their Baylor gear for a few baseball games. We went to several as a family, and Abby and Jon went to two of them on their own. Abby fell asleep on Jon both times. Caleb pretty much never wants to leave the house, but Abby always says yes to going somewhere with Daddy.

  

We are using our kiddie pool a whole lot!

   

I pulled out my 50mm lens recently. It takes great pictures by the light of the windows. Here is my pretty GIRL!

   

We are (as usual) spending lots of time at the craft table.

   

Caleb pretty much always has marker on some part of his body... usually his hands... in this case, he went for a mustache! I learned pretty quickly that I should never buy any kind of markers but washable.

  

Luke- all jammied up

  

We love taking walks with friends. This craig's list double stroller might be one of our best-ever purchases! (the minivan is high on the list too!)

 

We loved having the Sieverts come to visit. Caleb and Merek have come such a long way in sharing toys and playing together. Everyone got along so very well on this trip!  I love making so many fun memories with them!

Luke at ONE year Old!

 

Time is just flying by! If I don't write a blog about our sweet ONE year old soon, he will be past this baby (nearly toddler) stage and graduating from high school. I want to remember each little moment with these kiddos. Big Brother Caleb is five. They say that the greatest time of influence for parents in their childrens' lives is from birth to five... what a challenge that is to me as I see how fast those five years go by!  I have to remind myself to cherish each stage and to truly invest in these babies.  Some stages are harder than others, but soon enough we are onto the next stage.  I so want to set a good foundations for each one of them.

Anyways, it was easier to put updates on Caleb and even on Abby. With three, we are busy, busy these days! That said, I don't want to miss documenting Luke as a new ONE year old:

*Luke loves to be walked around while holding onto my hands.  That is pretty much all that he wants to do, and more often than not he will walk me to the back door.  He LOVES being outside.

*This weekend Luke was caught shoveling sand into his mouth from the sand table, which I wouldn't get too upset about except for the rocks (i.e. - choking hazards) mixed in with the sand.  After being corrected, his next activity was to climb up the slide all by himself.  He has decided that he loves to do this.  I certainly don't feel safe letting him do it alone yet, so I spend a significant amount of time standing at the slide making sure that he doesn't fall.

*Luke can walk about 6 feet from person to person.  He is just almost a walker.  He has the skills, but he just needs to work up the confidence to do it by himself now.  This is such a special milestone to me as we have worked hard for it with all of the treatment he has had done on his foot.  His foot looks great and seems to be staying in the correct position.  Sometimes clubfoot babies relapse and have to be treated again.  We are very strict about following the bracing protocol.  Luke will wear his brace at night every night until he is at least four years old.

*Luke also loves to flip through his board books.  His favorite books right now are one about tractors and another one about cars.  He definitely shows a preference and excitement when I pull out these books.

*Luke is still doing bottles.  We are trying to transition to sippy cups but not quite there yet.  Overall he eats really well.  I hope that this continues.

*Luke loves to get right in the mix when it is wrestle time with Daddy.  He loves his Daddy and brother and sister very much!

*Luke loves me very much too and wants to be held a lot.

*Luke sleeps great- all night every night pretty much since he stopped nursing (seems to be a trend for our kids!).  Ahh- I am loving having a normal sleep schedule again.

We love you sweet baby boy!  No matter how fast time goes by, you are always going to be our little "baby"!