Bug Catchin Fun

What a beautiful day we had at Pinnacle today. Today was the first homeschool day for this school year, and there was a large turnout.



Eric was desperately trying to catch a yellow butterfly, but it wouldn't land at all for him to even get close. So, he moved on to other bugs. Once he did, he caught 5 bugs - 3 crickets, 1 moth, and 1 dragonfly.



Here is a close up of the time he caught two crickets at once.

Jump, jump, jump

Saturday night we had the pleasure of going to Braden's birthday at Playtime Pizza. We have only been there once, two years ago, but it is a pretty cool place. Eric fell in love with this Jump-rope game and played it all night. The lights would move around faster and faster, and the object was to jump over them as you would a jump-rope. I love that he he had his tongue out the whole time. He always does that when he is really concentrating.

Today's meet

Eric did so good today! He again competed in kickboard, freestyle, and backstroke. They did not time the kickboard (I don't know why), but he was very fast. He did his freestyle in 44.07, which is 4.42 seconds faster than last week. And he completed backstroke! He got a time of 53.40 in backstroke. So very proud of him. He worked very hard in practice this week.

First Swim Meet

Eric did great at his first swim meet. He was entered in three races - kickboard, freestyle, and backstroke. We were pretty overwhelmed by it all at first. It was incredibly chaotic and crowded. But, I think we know how it all works now and will be ready for next time.


Here he was preparing to enter the pool for his first race - kickboard.



If you receive your best time (which he did, since it was his first time), then you receive a token that we learned you could turn in for a little tattoo. He was so proud of this token. I think he thought he had won some kind of award. We didn't tell him it was just for a tattoo.

He did really well. He got a time of 39.15 in kickboard (these are all 25 yards) and 48.49 in

freestyle. He disqualified in backstroke because he flipped over right before touching the wall. He was a little disappointed about that, but handled it well.

Becoming an old pro at finding his place in line.



There is a lot of waiting around between events.

Fun in the Sun

We were at Nate and Hannah's today. The kids had a great time playing out in the kiddie pool.

Yippee! All the way!

At practice tonight Eric swam all the way across the lane in both freestyle and backstroke! Big, big deal for him!

Telephone Chasing Shoes

Last Wednesday while driving to LR, Eric was playing his Sonic Leapster game. He looked up and asked me "What are telephone chasing shoes?" What in the world? I had no idea what he was talking about. I thought about it for a few minutes then asked him what he was talking about. He said it was some kind of pipe. Then it hit me - teleportation chutes . Oh the things kids hear...