Swim Lessons

Nolan finished up swimming lessons last week and Pat came to take pictures. In his class they learned how to kick, paddle their arms, blow bubbles under water (Nolan never got this one) and they even got dunked under water for a little while. He really enjoyed his time in the pool and definitely learned a little about swimming. Here he is showing off his doggy paddle.Note the tongue sticking out. Every class Nolan would try to drink the pool instead of swim. He would start to choke and then would laugh hysterically...crazy boy!
Here are a few of Nolan's friends and fellow swimmers.

Go Seahawks!

Seahawks pre-season has begun! This is what my weekends will look like for the next 6 months.Although he does make one cute Seahawks fan.The proud papa

Play Day

Nolan got a shot yesterday and since then has been very sleepy! This morning he slept in until 11:00 and still went down for his 1:00 nap! In between those wonderful quiet moments we played on the floor with a few of our toys. I usually have a 3 toy rule where he gets to play with 3 toys at a time but this morning I was feeling a bit adventurous so we just dumped out all our toys from the toy box so that he could grab whatever he wanted. He loved this idea...

as did Cortez, who usually tries to hide in these baskets but today he was content just watching Nolan play.In the end he still went for the same three toys that he always plays with...Jungle Tails book with elephant sounds, the galloping horse and his drum. Oh well!

I also got this lovely glamour shot. I have many of these "looking into the distance" pictures that make him look so grown up and wise. I think he has an old soul...or maybe he's just pooping.

Long Weekends

We were out and about again this weekend. Our destination was Port Townsend for 4 days with family. I grew up spending what felt like our entire summer at Port Townsend. I was excited to share this second home with Nolan and hopefully begin this tradition with him. We normally camp out at Fort Worden but neither Emily or I felt adventurous enough to camp with a 6 month old and an almost 2 year old. So we rented a house at Fort Worden instead. The house was huge and very comfy. Here is a summary of our weekend activities.
Nolan and Clementine shared lots of kisses, hugs and giggles.
Clementine taught Nolan the Itsy Bitsy Spider song, which he really enjoyed.I tried to do Clementine's hair, much to her protesting.
I continued my obsession of buying hats for Nolan's gigantic head. Good thing I did as it got pretty chilly on the last day.We had a great time. I stole this picture from Emily's blog but i think it's the best family picture so far, so it deserves a second mention.
On the last day I decided I needed some shots of Nolan outside of the house as we spent a lot of time indoors or downtown. It just so happened that it was the coldest, windiest day of our trip but here are a few of the standouts.
The next and last planned summer vacation is the Clingman Family Camp out at the end of this month. There will be 30+ Clingman's and 1 bathroom...good times!

The tooth fairy has a new client

That's right, Nolan's first tooth made an appearance yesterday. He woke up from his afternoon nap screeching in pain and inconsolable. This is when i discovered the new tooth. Poor little man...he hasn't been fussy since that outburst but he has been quite drooly and mouthy. The first one down!