Library Storytime

I tried doing library story times in the past but they never went well.  Mostly because Fia would.not.sit.still. even for 2 seconds and once Fia was up and moving, Madeline followed right behind.  So I would stop going, try again months later for the same thing to happen and then stop again.  Well, recently I tried it again because we were getting bored being stuck in the house.  This time went much better and we've been going ever since.  Fia still has a hard time sitting still, but she will at least listen to most of the stories.  They both really look forward to going now because we always pick up new books while we are there too.  

After story time there is always some sort of craft for the kids. In this picture, they made a pretzel necklace.  I can't remember the theme for this day but you can't go wrong giving kids snacks.  The pretzels were eaten before we even left the library.   

Another day we went was a Circus theme.  That day they made elephants and colored them in.  Those are some pretty good lookin' elephants, I'd say!  

Madeline's Swimming Lessons

In preparation for the summer, we enrolled Madeline in swimming lessons at the YMCA.  She is in the beginner class called the Pikes and she'll go once a week for about 8 weeks.  Her first class was mostly going over the rules but she also got in the water and learned how to float on her back.  You could tell she was scared and she admitted that fact afterwards.  But I'm looking forward to seeing her confidence grow after these 8 weeks.  

Hmmm, I wonder where Fia is?