Swim Lessons

Naomi again had swim lessons at one of the local pools. It is a two week course, and at her age the goal is to get her comfortable with water. Naomi needs no help in that area, but she had a blast anyway. Today was our last class and she was able to go down the water slide, but due to liability, she had to go down either by herself or with an instructor. She choose to go by herself, but seemed to have a change of heart at the last minute, to the instructor just sat her down and sent her on her way. Naomi came down backwards and once she surfaced said "That lady pushed me!". I thought it was funny as did the other parents waiting at the bottom, but Naomi refused to go on the slide again. We had such a fun two weeks and next summer she'll be able to attend the Tadpole class all by herself!

Family Reunion 2

We enjoyed our second family reunion in Tucumcari. It was just as nice as the first one since there was still a lot of kids for Naomi to play with. She also loved the pool even though it was FREEZING! She kept asking us to just let her jump in by herself even though it was in the 9 ft section! Sometimes she's too daring for her own good.
The family tree that Malis and I have been working on was a big hit and we were able to get more information for our records.
Amazingly I have no digital pictures! I guess I was too busy trying to keep the peace.

4th of July

Naomi enjoyed this 4th of July! We had a nice relaxing day that we spent with just the family. Michael helped her set off some small fireworks at home after dinner, at first she was scared of the noise, but eventually got past that. She also did sparklers for the first time. We told her that if they got too close to her hand she could throw them in the rocks, she interpreted that to be let them burn for about 3 seconds and then throw them in the rocks!
After our home show we packed up and went to a local park to enjoy the cities festivities. They had a cover band performing and Naomi loved it! She danced and sang. The fireworks didn't start until 9:30 which is usually about an hour after her bed time, but she did really well and was only a little fussy.
When the first big firework went off, Naomi turned to me and said 'I want to go home!' but I convinced her that if she covered her ears and just watched that she'd really enjoy them. Of course she did! After a while she was oohhhing and aaahhhing with the rest of the crowd.

It's hard to believe that this is already her 3rd 4th of July! Each one is more fun!