Our little athlete ~

Micah absolutely LOVES the water! Since he was born, we've been very intentional about pouring water on his face during bath time, so he doesn't mind that at all, and sometimes I think he'd stay in the tub and splash all night if we'd let him! :) He was having so much fun in the tub the other night that I had to get the camera out. I did my best to make sure Micah was well covered so hopefully he won't hate me for this post when he's in junior high! :)

Everything ends up in the mouth eventually! ... even a soapy wash cloth!

And one video of him splashing around ~

Since he's such a fish in the bath tub at home, we thought it would be a good idea to get Micah enrolled in swim lessons, which we did at our local park district. He's only had one class so far, and he had a blast! Aaron was in the water with him, and to be honest, I was a little jealous! They looked like they were having so much fun! :)






Micah even went under water with no trouble! I'm so proud! :) Here are a few videos of his first swimming lesson. The first one, I started the camera just as Aaron was bringing him up out of the water, but he splashes a little bit and even dips his mouth in the water. The second one is a bit shorter, and is just Micah going under water. You can hear his teacher sounding amazed at the end that Micah didn't cry at all. :)

We've been taking Micah to Gymboree since he was 3 months old, which he also loves. Unfortunately, it's a little too expensive for us to continue... so, here are a few pictures from his last official class. We have a makeup class next Saturday, but after that, we're done at Gymboree. :(

With his teacher, Miss Jennifer ~

Thankfully, Buffalo Grove Gymnastics is more affordable, so we've made the switch. We're able to save a little money this way, and Micah still gets to play with other kids his age. He is now in a 6-12 month class at the gym that I used to work at, and he is having a ball! We go once a week, on Tuesdays, and he gets to do all sorts of things. The program at Buffalo Grove is a little more gymnastics focused than Gymboree was. Here, in addition to climbing all over the place and working on obstacle courses, Miss Bonnie works with the kids on simple gymnastics skills, like forward and backwards rolls, log rolls, and the like. It's a little weird for me being there as a participant rather than an instructor, but I think I've made the transition fairly smoothly... hopefully I'm not one of those crazy moms the staff talk about in the break room! :)

Here's a picture of Miss Bonnie and the kids...

We've definitely got a little athlete on our hands! It's getting to be more and more of a challenge to keep up with Micah as he gets faster and more mobile, but hey... maybe we can save even more money by canceling our membership at the Y. :)

2 Weekends up North ~

We spent the last weekend in August and the first in September in the U.P. attending a staff reunion at Lake Lundgren Bible Camp, the camp Aaron worked at for a few summers and visiting Aaron's parents. Since the LLBC reunion took place first, we'll start there...

LLBC

What a fun weekend! We got to catch up with some of Aaron's friends from back home and introduce Micah to them, and Micah and I got to experience the wonders of Lake Lundgren Bible Camp. It reminded me a lot of Timber-Lee, the camp I went to as a kid, but I know this weekend meant more to Aaron than any time at Timber-Lee would mean to me. I have good memories of being a camper there, but since I never worked at the camp, my memories are somewhat limited. Aaron spent several summers at LLBC as a counselor, and I could just see the love he has for this place all over his face while we were there. Memories of LLBC run deep for Aaron and it was extra special for him to get to share this weekend with his son.

We went swimming in the lake

...and played on the beach

Working hard ~ :)

Played on the playground

...and anywhere else that looked fun

Made a bunch of new friends...

...and got to see some old ones with their new ones :)

Watched Aaron being a "fine musician" on his tuba

...and will be following in daddy's footsteps when it comes to chipmunks at camp someday. (ask Aaron for that story!)

All in all, it was a wonderful weekend, filled with great times, and great friends.

LABOR DAY

The next weekend, we were back in Upper Michigan for Labor Day. We got to hang out with Grandpa and Grandma K, and met their friends George and Rosie who stopped by to say hi on Sunday morning.



I don't have too many pictures from this weekend, but I did manage to get one of Grandpa, Grandma and Micah wearing their "cool as a moose" t-shirts that came from Maine ~


And when we got home, Aaron ran out for a bit, leaving Micah and me home to wait for him. Micah was very anxious for daddy to come home! :)


We had a lot of fun these two weekends away, but it's always good to be home. :)

Catching up...

Well, once again time has gotten away from me and I'm trying to get caught up while Micah takes a nap. It's amazing how busy things get around the house now that Micah is crawling and getting in to everything! Excuses aside though, we've had a fun couple of weeks.

Being entertained by Uncle Jim ~

Our silly little guy gets himself into the most amusing places ~

We went up to Lake Geneva at the end of August to meet up with Aaron's friend Joe, who was in town on business from Texas. We had a great dinner with him at Popeye's and really enjoyed catching up with him and introducing Micah to him.

Sitting on daddy's shoulders, waiting to see 'Uncle' Joe ~

Meeting 'Uncle' Joe ~

The boys ~

I know you can't hear this, but Micah just woke up... so ends this session of blog-updating. :) Until next time...