It’s been a trying day. With a hurricane nearing, the weather is cooler, windy, and thunderclouds are passing through. Since it was just overcast during swim lessons they were still held. With the wind, some debris had flown into the pool and MonkeyBoy spied something floating in the water (probably a leaf) [...]
I had to work yesterday so MonkeyMan suggested taking MonkeyBoy out on the river to keep the house quiet while I typed. I wasn’t too keen on them going without me, since I thought two adults might be better to keep MonkeyBoy from jumping overboard. So we went today as a family to [...]
Here’s some examples of MonkeyBoy’s swimming skills after two weeks of lessons.
He’s about to jump at me, but it was difficult to take pictures of him “in flight” while also trying to catch him.
We’re halfway through week two of swimming lessons and they are going great! The other boys in MonkeyBoy’s class all wear goggles and MonkeyBoy thought he needed a pair for himself. I wanted to keep the number of “crutches” to a minimum and wasn’t planning to buy him goggles since I didn’t think [...]
It’s biker rally weekend, so we continued our family tradition of watching the motorcycle parade.
MonkeyBoy enjoyed waving at the cycles as they drove by and it only took him two or three motorcycles to remember the parade last year and ask “Where’s the candy?” We were parked next to a group of [...]
I signed up MonkeyBoy for a two week session of swimming lessons. He goes four days a week, although yesterday’s session was canceled due to thunderstorms. He enjoyed it the first day and did everything his instructors asked. Today, not so much. He’s a stubborn and clever little boy.
The instructors are [...]
On our travels today, MonkeyBoy and I drove past a nudie bar with a giant inflatable monkey on its roof. MonkeyBoy excitedly exclaimed, “Look, a Monkey! You can play there!”. I told him that it wasn’t for kids, so he followed up with “Yes, it’s a play place for daddies. Girls [...]
The doorbell rang this evening with a delivery and I don’t know who was more excited – me or MonkeyBoy. Inside the giant box was my new pregnancy pillow, which I hope will give me more restful sleep than I’ve been getting lately. MonkeyBoy was over the moon with the boy-sized box.
First [...]