Simmons Family: May 2009

Lots has happened during the last month and I never seen to have the time to add things to the blog. So I'll give you a quick update while Sophie naps and Pat is entertaining the other two upstairs. We celebrated our 5th anniversary at the end of last month. We took the kids to the beach for the afternoon and Pat and I went out to dinner together. I had my birthday and got a pet bunny. The kids really love him and have named him Marshmallow. Sophie loves him from a distance and when he is in his cage but is still a little nervous whenever we let him out. We have had quite a few days of nice weather and we have spent as much time soaking up the sun as we can. We have been gardening and playing in the pool. The kids are loving having the park so close to our house and we are over there a lot! Connor and Laura are both in swimming lessons and are having a blast! Connor is a real little fish with no fear of the water at all. He goes off the diving board and can swim across the deep end of the pool. He knows his strokes but defiantly prefers to spend most of his time swimming under water down by the bottom! Laura is a little less out going in the water but really enjoys the time she spends in the pool. She has no problem going under water and is working hard to be able to keep her face in longer. She still wants to be held on to most the time but is getting more willing to try stuff on her own. Sophie is not in lessons but love to swim. She blows bubbles, kicks her feet and does "reach and pull arms". She really wants to jump off the diving board and we've put a lifejacket on her a few times and let her try. She'll walk all the way to the end of the board but once she is there, she losses her courage. She also thinks she can dive! She puts her arms up over her ears, leans way over and falls into the water. It really would be a dive if she didn't look up at the last second!