Swimming at the YMCA

Yesterday, we took Sawyer swimming at the Y. When we first got to the pool, he refused to let go of Cliff and held on for dear life. Even though he's been once before, the setting is still fairly new to him. Fortunately, after working with him for awhile, he loosened up quite and bit and ended up having a blast! His favorite thing was holding on to the kickboard while Cliff pushed him. He would not part with the board. Eventually, we did get him to ride on Cliff's back and he ended up loving that too!

There was a waterslide there that Cliff and I took turns going on while the other stayed in the pool and watched with Sawyer. He loved seeing us shoot into the water! My 2 boys had so much fun playing together in the water, neither of them wanted to leave. :-) We'll definitely be going back soon!

Sawyer going home with a smile on his face.

Little Computer Geek and another day at the beach

Sawyer loves his little laptop. He saw this at Target several weeks ago and had to have it. He has learned how to work a mouse. He loves to get on our computers and scroll webpages now. We have a little computer geek in the making.


We went to the beach this past Sunday and Sawyer was terrified every time Cliff jumped in the water. He thought the waves were going to carry him away.

Stuffed animals and car

Sawyer has bonded with 2 of his stuffed animals; a blue bear and a dog named Ein. He loves giving them kisses and snuggling up with them at night when he sleeps. In the mornings, when we carry him from his crib to our bed, he brings them along. Apparently, stuffed animals serve as a valuable part of a toddler's development by exposing them to everyday concepts in a fun way.

Sawyer has learned how to look at pictures of himself on the digital camera screen. Here he is having a fit because I wouldn't show him his picture right after I took a shot.


This little car use to belong to Cliff when he was little. It was one of his favorite toys and now it's Sawyer's. He loves this thing and rides all over the house with it. He can also store stuff in the seat.

Lion Country Safari

We took Sawyer to Lion Country Safari today. I wasn't expecting much so I was pleasantly surprised at how entertaining it was. They had a little bit of everything there: a drive through safari, a walk through safari, a small water park, tons of rides for kids, a petting zoo, an area to feed giraffes, paddle boats, miniature golf, animal demonstrations, a maze, camp grounds. You name it, they had it.

Sawyer had blast riding through the drive through safari. We got to see a wide range of animals in the wildlife preserve, including rhinos and zebras that walked in front of our car. We had one animal come right up to the driver's side window and press his nose up against it. We felt like we were in Jurassic Park. It's incredible how close we were able to get.

Sawyer pointing at the animals and trying to say their names.

Here we are taking an ice cream break. It was 94 degrees out, but with the humidity, it felt more like 100.

The cute giraffe at the feeding area.

Next stop, the water park area.

My adorable Munchkin.

They had a ton of rides there, including a carousel, a ferris wheel, a flying elephant ride, trains, cars. However, we ran out of time so we weren't able to go on them. It'll be the first thing we do next time we're there! At least Sawyer got to test out some of the "little" rides.