Another little fish in the making

Ryan and Caitlin started swimming lessons this evening at the Mountlake Terrace Pool. Swimming lessons are nothing new for Ryan, but this was Caitlin's first session. She has always been a little hesitant in the water when we've been swimming, so I wasn't sure how she would feel about it. She got in the water right away and did a great job! She had so much fun and I was so impressed by how the instructor got her to do things that she would normally never try - like put her face in the water. I'm excited to see the progress she'll make during the next several weeks. I'm thrilled that both kids enjoy the water. Some of my best summer memories revolve around swimming - I want them to have that too!

Rocket ship arms and blowing bubbles with her instructor.
Waiting for her turn doing back floats.

Caitlin's class of three.

I'm so proud of her! She looked like such a big girl and did such a good job of following directions. I know she is 3-year old, but I still think of her as my little baby girl!

I'll post pictures of Ryan another week - he was across the pool from Caitlin and I couldn't get any good shots of him.

Happy Birthday Caitlin!

Caitlin celebrated her 3rd birthday on June 19. Due to Mike's schedule, she got to celebrate for a week with a couple of family parties and one with her buddies. Here are some highlights from the week!

Museum of Flight

We took a trip to the Museum of Flight a couple weeks ago, with our friends, the Axons. The kids loved seeing all of the planes, testing out the flight simulators, and sitting in the cockpit of some very cool planes, and of course, loved hanging out with Gabriel and Adrian.

Ryan and Caitlin piloting a retired Navy plane.

Caitlin riding in the Blue Angels flight simulator.

Ryan liked this Blue Angels plane much better than the real thing - much quieter!!

The highlight of the day - at least for me - was touring a brand-new Southwest jet. When we pulled into the parking lot, the 737 was parked in the parking lot and there was a bunch of people celebrating - complete with the Husky band and cheerleaders. When we got inside, we asked about what was going on and they explained that the plane was just delivered that morning and that it hadn't carried passengers yet. The plane was open for tours and then about an hour later, we watched it take off for Phoenix.

The kids thought it was pretty great because they love Southwest. Our good friend is a Southwest pilot, so whenever they see a Southwest plane (and we saw a ton of them taking off and landing in San Diego), they get very excited. They got to climb on the plane and check out the cockpit.

Ryan and Caitlin standing in front of one of the engines on the new jet.