Swimming Lessons

Today Tyler graduated from Aqua Tots!  It was a 4 week swim program at the Wave and he really loved it.  One of us was in the water with him to learn the basics, and next week he has lessons with just the instructor.  He came a long way in just 8 lessons and is much more comfortable in the water.  He is a bit apprehensive about goggles and going underwater, but is getting much better.  His teacher took some underwater pictures today, so as soon as we get those, we will share them as well!

Practicing kicks from the cool blue mat

Getting ready to throw the baton, and then retrieve it from the bottom of the pool!

Summer Day!

The weather here yesterday was amazing.  Temps near 70, blue skies, it was like summer came to visit for the day.  We had a full day of playing outside, starting with sandbox and beep beep time.  Then Tyler and I had a picnic at the park, where he ran around jumping from toy to toy with this enormous smile on his face.  We haven't been to the park in months, so it was good to be able to get back there.  Last night was our first BBQ of the year, with the Larkin tradition of tri tip and corn salad.  What a great day!



Playing with his Mack truck from Cars in the grass. 

 The John Deere tractor has gotten much use this past week.

On the "little kid" slide.  When he ran over to the "big kid" play area, I was shocked at how big he has gotten since we were last at the park.  He can climb the ladders like the big kids now, when last year that wasn't even a possibility.

Happy Easter!

Wishing you a joyful day!

Springtime!

Today actually felt like spring. Temperatures near 50, sunny blue skies, and the revealing of the sandbox.  Scott and Tyler were able to ski today, and play in the sand. What a lucky boy!

Last day of Ski Lessons

Tyler made amazing progress with his skiing this season. On the last lesson day, they set up a course of gates for the kids to go through. He did really well and loved going on the chair lift. Hopefully we can get him up there a few more times before the mountain closes!

On the magic carpet

At the start of the course...

Coming down with Daddy right behind

Just about done...

Finished!

Check out the snowplow!

All smiles!

Headed up the chairlift with Daddy and Mike

Uh oh, meltdown! One too many runs today!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Our little leprechaun wishes you a very Happy St. Patty's Day!

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

The Donut Debacle

Tyler is a Curious George fan. That's actually an understatement... Tyler is a Curious George Fanatic! We watch George every day, and there was a recent episode where George buys 100 dozen donuts. Tyler thought that we should buy donuts, so one Sunday we went and got 3 donuts. Now he wants donuts all of the time. If I ask what he wants to eat, donuts. At the store, he wants donuts. So today I used that to my advantage...

Tyler caught a cold last weekend, mostly a bad cough, but he has barely eaten anything. After 5 days of barely enough calories to get through the day, I decided to whip up some beignets from a mix I got at work the other day. They're French donuts, so that should count, right? He loves to help in the kitchen, especially if there is flour and a rolling pin involved. Low and behold, we made perfect little beignets, I mean donuts, and he proceeded to eat several.. and some peaches too!

Hopefully we are on the very tail end of this cold, it has been a crummy week of staying in and listening to him cough. Today he has been active, playing, singing, EATING, and hardly coughing at all. I'm chalking the success up to donuts.

Showing off the remains of a donut. And yes, we are still in pajamas at 2:30 this afternoon. It has been a long week.