Ian & Flynn: June 2011

Yikes it's been 2 month since the last post! Well, Flynn is finally walking at 15 months; has been for about a month now. She's really moving, too! Always wandering around the house and

backyard, getting into sooo much mischief! She is the ornery one for sure. Ian always minded well, never got into trouble like she does! She likes to bring you her shoes or socks to put on her, but likes to run around without a shirt! She always tries to take it off. She points and grunts at things she wants and babbles a lot but no real words yet. She loves books although she has to turn the pages! She also is a dancing fool; she claps and bounces to any song and she and Ian have some favorites they really rock out to ;) She is also a giant for her age; at 15 months she is wearing 24 month clothing, some of that doesn't even fit and she dwarfs most of the kids her age we run into! Where do we get these big kids from??We just started a free week of swim lessons

and Flynn HATES it! I think the water may be too chilly, she fusses the whole time. We've been 3/5 days and think we will call it good till next summer!

Ian however LOVES his swim lessons! This free week he is refreshing in the class he took last summer and will move on to the next level for the 2 week class afterward. He is scared to put his face in the water to blow bubbles but otherwise loves the pool. He's doing great in pre-school, the teachers give us nothing but positive feedback on him! They say it really shows that we spend a lot of time with him at home, that he is smarter and more confident than his classmates and more well behaved! That makes us pretty proud. He has the hang of riding his tricycle around; we have even ridden to the store and back (about 10 minutes each way)! He is getting better in the KettleCar daddy built him and talks about wanting a 2 wheel bike for his birthday like all the

neighborhood kids. He is totally potty trained; very few accidents since getting the hang of it about 3-4 months ago! He's also staying tall for his age; he's been wearing 5T clothes since he turned 3!

We are loving watching the kids play together finally. Now that Flynn is walking, they really interact and play more together and its so sweet to watch them laugh with each other. Flynn is awake 1st in the morning and as soon as she hears Ian's bedroom door open, she runs down the hall to greet him ;) We hope it lasts!

Love to all!