Friday, June 11, 2010

Randomness during the past 2 weeks

2 weeks ago my kids finished swim lessons with Miss Allison for this year. She does an amazing job with them. Both can jump off the diving board and Nathan can swim the length of the pool after jumping off the diving board. Nathan also knows how to do breast,back,freestyle and butterfly strokes. His favorites are freestyle and butterfly. Miss Allison also taught Taylor how to turn towards the wall and reach up to grab the side if she ever fell into the water. I find this skill very important. I plan to put Natalie and maybe Taylor in lessons this August too.


This past Monday the 7th we took Natalie's pacifier away COMPLETELY. Before we would take it from her in the morning and put it in her crib that way the only time she had it was when she was sleeping. Well she learned how to climb into her crib and get it. This is how I found her last Saturday. The first couple days and nights were rough on all of us. Problem is, now she has found her thumb to replace her pacifier. Hopefully she will kick that habit on our own considering I am still working on Taylor to stop sucking her thumb without much luck.

Just a cute picture of Natalie and Taylor while playing dress up one day.
Nathan got braces on Wednesday the 9th of June. We went in for x-rays and a consultation and ended up actually getting the braces put on. They are just on the top for now. They are working on straightening is front four teeth to help his buck teeth. Then in about 3 months they will put springs on his bottom teeth to try to pull his bottom jaw forward. He has a really bad overbite and his bottom jaw is pretty far back. His bottom jaw has been farther back since he was born. He will have braces for approximately 12-14 months. Then they will check them again when he is 12 to see if they need to do anything else or if the problems were corrected already. We are adjusting to what he can and can't eat and how he can change how he eats. We also are getting used to brushing his teeth a lot more often. He is happy to have them though and can't wait for his teeth to look more normal.



Thursday we went to a place called Jump and Shout with Nathan's scout group. They had open bounce that only cost $1 per kid.



Nathan and his friend.

Taylor in the play area.

Natalie playing.



This past Mon-Wed Nathan had scout day camp. He would leave at 1:00 in the afternoon and get home between 10:30-11:00 at night. He had a lot of fun. This is right before he left on the first day. With the shield that he made and a sword.
Before he left on the last day. They give them the hats and shirts (very bright and very big) Nathan actually had a slight case of the flu on the last day so he had a few stomach issues but stuck it out the whole day and had a good time. Preston was able to go spend the day with him on the last day of scout camp. Nathan really enjoyed having his Dad with him. When they were driving home that night Nathan said. "Dad, I love you. Thanks for coming with me today". Preston loved to hear that and was very grateful that he had the opportunity to spend the day with his Son.

Some pictures that Preston took during the last day of Day Camp




The whole Wolf troop.