What have we been up to lately...

Well since our last post Patrick has had to send the camera off to be repaired (got some kind of blur on the lense while we were in Seattle) so other than the I-phone I have been without anything to take pictures of the kids with. Needless to say this will be a picture-less post. What have we been up to lately...LOTS!! Here are a few things that the kids have been keeping busy with...

Emma is still enjoying several summer activities, including her intro to dance class that meets twice a week. She'll finish with a recital in a couple weeks and cannot wait to see what she's learned (this class includes tap and ballet, her other classes were just ballet). Emma also had another experience with dislocating her elbow. Not sure what really happened but it dislocated while she was at VBS a couple weeks ago and while we were getting it checked out at the doctors we discovered that she also had strep-throat, YUCK!! (but only the second antibiotic she has ever been on and she is almost 3 and a half years old- YEAH for breastfeeding!!) Emma and I went to see DORA LIVE this afternoon and she LOVED IT!! It was kind of a spur of the moment decision to take her so I bought the cheap seats (nose bleed section) but it was pretty empty so we moved up a few rows and Emma had a great time...cannot wait to take her to another live performance, perhaps a musical sometime soon. Emma is also looking forward to Zoo School which starts in a couple weeks. She'll get to spend a week at the Zoo learning all about animals and their habitats!

Bryan just never stops growing. He crawls (some times on his hands and knees and some times on his elbows and toes) everywhere and pulls up on everything!! Now that he is on the move we have had to put all the baby gates up and take down things that create a danger for a baby on the go- like the bar stools in the family room (our strong boy almost pulled one down on top of himself the other day!) Bryan started his Kindermusic class a couple weeks ago and according to my mom (she takes him to class) he is LOVING it. Emma took music classes as an infant too and I swear she first learned to speak by singing songs so I am excited to see what effect this has on Bryan. We have also started to eat some non-fruit and veggies solids- i.e. meats, yogurt, beans, rice puff- and he continues to love anything that we put in his mouth!!

Well hopefully we'll get the camera back soon and I can post some pics of our fun-filled summer!!