Swimming, Birthdays, and teeth

A lot has been going on this month. A regular circus here! Kole started swimming lessons at a local indoor pool and has been loving it! Kaci went along just in case he was nervous and is loving it too. Of course Kali is afraid they will ask her about swim team again. Kaci wants to be on swim team next year, so it follows that Kali will be doing it too. Maybe even Kole depending on how well he does this fall and winter catching up on the different strokes.

Kali had a birthday and turned 11 this year. She will be starting 6th grade. We had a quiet cake and ice cream at home, then went up to Grandma's for a family party there. She was very excited about her party.

While at Grandma's, Kole lost his first tooth. Then the second one came out at home the next day. So it will be a double tooth fairy visit. Of course the first one had a little help from Uncle Pat. He gave it a little push and it was just hanging. It was loose to begin with. Kali has one last baby tooth just hanging there and she is not about to give it up. Giving it up means growing up to her. She is just not ready to grow up. I told her she doesn't have to grow up, just do what is expected of her. She is still a little girl.

We stopped and visited with Great Grandma on the way home and had a very enjoyable visit. When it came time to go, we all were giving her hugs and kisses and then Kole said Ewww! about giving her a kiss. He would readily do it with all our previous visits. He has now decided that it is icky to kiss old ladies. Of course Grandma took it in stride. Boyd made him give her a peck on the cheek. Might not have been the right thing to do, but Kole needed to know it was not nice to say Ewww when it is time to tell Grandma goodbye.

Reiko went with us on this trip and he traveled very good. He was even a very well behaved house guest at my mom's house. I think he was ready to come home. Everyone was wanting to hold him and walk him and hold his leash etc. He was teased and scared by the older kids and we had to get down on them a couple times to leave the pup alone. Hopefully it was not too impressionable on him. It is said that if something happens to a pup to really scare them at his age it will stay with them for life. Oh boy... Hopefully he does not get all scared and unsure of tall boys.

Pictures later