Toddler About Town

We've been pretty busy here in Sawyerville. Sawyer's swim lessons started last Monday and they go through this Friday. We had a break today because they're replacing the filtration system in the pool. We're taking the lessons at an indoor pool in Plano. Denise and Sophia are taking the class with us too. Sawyer and Sophia are the youngest kids in the class. The other kids are over the age of two.

Sawyer was enjoying the class until last Thursday when I "scooped" him under the water. I basically had him in front of me, holding him by his armpits, and pulled him under the water, scooping him toward me. He didn't cry or anything, but when we went back Friday he just clung to me and didn't want to let go. I think part of the problem was that the instructor had us float them on their bellies and backs in the same day as the scooping. I'm anxious to see how he does when we go back tomorrow. I'm hoping to get a few pictures of him in action. Our friend Laura takes her son Christopher to another class there so she may try to get some pictures tomorrow.

Last Wednesday we met Courtney, Laura (my other friend Laura), and her son Logan for dinner. Courtney had a layover in Dallas so Lorne, Sawyer, and I met her at her hotel. Laura and Logan met us at On the Border. Court had a really early wake-up call, so all we could do was dinner, but it was still so great to see her. I wish Mel could have been there too. It would have been just like old times. It's so weird to go from living with someone for four years and seeing them everyday to just seeing each other every once in a while. Our time at A&M went by much too quickly. If I had it to do over again I probably wouldn't have graduated in four years!


It was great to see Court again!


I think that there may actually be a more photogenic child than Sawyer! :)

Saturday we had Jeremy, Denise, and Sophia over for dinner. Velma brought us some gulf shrimp when they were here last weekend so I fried it up with some fried vegetable medley and I also made a salad. The fried vegetable medley is made with potatoes, purple onion, squash, zucchini, and okra diced and coated in cornmeal and fried. Needless to say we only have it every once in a while! I like to smother mine in ketchup...yum!

I'll close with some pictures of Sawyer on his Little Tykes Push & Ride Racer that he got for his birthday. He has learned how to climb on it by himself. Now if only we could teach him to push with his feet! He never tires of us pushing him around the living room.


Sawyer loves to clap!


I had to include his incredulous look.


He hears his daddy coming down the stairs.


"Daddy's here!"