Happy new week all (which, of course, means it's time for an update) ...
The weekend wasn't very restful, but it was productive. We totally redid the fireplace. It looks really good now. No more ugly red brick. We covered that with the slate tiles that are in the entryway and then I built a mantle that looks pretty good. We just have to grout it now.
We also mixed in some family time and helping some friends move. Paul and Cara are gone, so we've been using their pool almost everyday which is fun! Emma has really progressed a lot. She'll jump in where she goes under water and swim a bit with her face in the water. She'll also let me throw her up in the air. She's really cute when I throw her or especially when she jumps in because she does it with so much gusto, jumping high in the air and really enjoying it. We've been doing a little thing too where she gets on top of a boogey board, with almost her whole body out of the water, and then I push her and she goes all the way to the other end of the pool. She really likes that. That's how I've enticed her to push her self (I'll push you on the "surf board" if you jump in right there). Timmy is doing okay with swimming. He'll jump out a short distance to me and does fairly well kicking with a little bit of dog paddling, but definitely wants no part of getting his face wet. He's a very cautious boy! He also get's cold pretty quick so spends quite a bit of time playing outside the pool.
Other than that, I helped some folks from Emma's pre-school move on Sunday and we went to a picnic for Emma's VBS.
Adios for now,
Neal
