Growing Grays: Swimming, dentist and singing

We had another busy week. Monday Hadley started swimming lessons at the Chaska Community Center. This time she is in the pool with daddy and loves it again. Wednesday was Miles' turn. Hadley was very upset when he got his swimsuit on and walked out the door - she wanted to go again too. This session Miles is a "guppy" which means he's in a preschool class without a parent in the water with him. He was very excited about it until the teacher called his name to get him in the pool. Suddenly he was hiding behind me, clinging to my legs. I did eventually get him in the pool. The other three little boys in the class were all splashing, putting their faces in the water and singing songs along with the teacher while Miles did his own thing - twirling around in circles about 10 feet from the group. I don't think he would have even noticed that he was supposed to be paying attention to the adult in the pool if I wasn't kneeling at the side of the pool pointing (like a crazy person) to the teacher and gesturing to remind him to use his listening ears. He did eventually join the class and practiced floating on his front, back, swimming across the pool with the teacher and jumping in. My favorite moment was when he was across the pool from me. The other boys were all dutifully doing what they were supposed to be doing while Miles was mouthing words to me, grinning ear-to-ear and giving me the thumbs-up sign.

Friday was Hadley's first visit to the dentist and Miles' third. Everyone oohhed and ahhed over how cute they are. Miles went first and after a little coaxing (and threatening from mommy) got his teeth cleaned, flossed and got a fluoride treatment. His teeth are looking great. Next it was Hadley's turn. She didn't need any coaxing at all. She just climbed into the big chair and dutifully opened her mouth so that they could count them. She has 16 teeth - the only baby ones remaining are her last 4 molars. The dentist did say that her teeth are crowded which is an indicator that when she gets her adult teeth they will be crowded and crooked too. I guess braces are in her future! I was very proud of my two little dental patients.

We're all going a little stir crazy as winter drags on here. The high today was 25 degrees and windy with lots of snow still on the ground and the meteorologists warning us of a coming blizzard. Not fun. Luckily Saturday afternoon and evening we went to the Sievers for dinner and had celebratory grasshoppers in honor of St. Patrick's Day. The kids all love playing and running around together. Hadley and Corey seem to be becoming kindred spirits - they both love performing and they stood on "stage" and Corey played the guitar and Hadley sang. Today, at the height of cabin fever, both kids entertained themselves while running up and down the hall in their undies and diaper yelling "Super Readers!" They burned a lot of energy in the 45 minutes they were, self-proclaimed, streaking.

I actually didn't take any pictures with the regular camera this week. These were all snapped with my smartphone.