And The Rocket's Red Glare...

Well we have had some interesting achievements this past week in Andi and Sammy's physical developments. Let's start with Sammy. He can now pull himself up to standing and has now mastered crawling and making his way around the house and loves to pull on any cords he might be able to grasp. This usually results in large objects falling from their perch and landing on him. This has not stopped him, however, from continuing his quest to destroy everything we own that plugs into the wall. I am pretty sure that he will be more cautious once a steady flow of electrons travels through his body. Stay tuned for that post.


Anywho, Andi was signed up for swimming lessons last week and has recently decided it was time to get serious about going underwater. She was reluctant at first, but now she swims underwater and can swim all by herself with little to no help at all. She loves the pool and would live there if she could. She began her swim lessons today and amazed the instructors as a 3 year old toddler jumped into the pool and started to swim. Good job Andi.



In other great news, Brittany had her birthday this past week and was treated to Andi's first gift she picked out at the dollar store. Andi was confused at first but then excited about the idea that she could pick anything in the store for Mommy's birthday. She ended up with some nice candles that are now in the kitchen on display. It was a close call between the candles and a porcelain train gravy dish that had the name of a casino on it. Good choice Andi! And happy birthday Britt!

Ahh yes, the 4th of July celebration. What better way to celebrate our nation's independence but by burning a small portion of it. We all had fun watching Walter singe his eyebrow hair off as he tried to master lighting 3 items at once. I have been videoing a lot recently trying to win my share of money in America's Funniest Home Videos but to no avail. Sammy did not like the loud noises and Andi plugged her ears for most of the show but the glow sticks were the most entertaining part. We know what we are going to get next year...

Our science experiment hatched this past week as we picked the SEVEN POUND ZUCCHINI from our garden. Yes that was not a typo. Although impressive in size and grandeur, a seven pound zucchini does not BBQ well.


And last but not least, Sammy grew some toothies the other day and decided to become more like his favorite cartoon character, Mater. "Shooooowt!"