Ice cream can brighten any day, right? At least for a little bit. Finn really loved his funny faced sundae with sprinkles and I really loved watching his face light up when he got it. We’ve made a fair number of trips to Graeter’s so far this summer, I must admit.
In other fun adventures Finn began his swim lessons this week! He had so much fun splashing around in the water. It is a tropical environment with warm waters – that’s for sure! He wasn’t super excited about water in his ears though 🙂 For his age group a parent must accompany the child to help them learn to swim and practice the various exercises. It brought back a lot of childhood memories for Kevin, who used to spend a great deal of time at the pool as a life guard. An extra bonus is all of Finn’s cousins are taking swim lessons at the same time and he is in the same class as Greta! The kiddos do fun exercises to get them comfortable in the water, including kicking, grabbing floating animals to learn to stretch their arms forward and then placing them in a basket, laying on their backs and using a mirror to look upwards in order to get them used to having water on their necks and head, etc. And at the end of each class there is a fun activity, which today was riding around in a canoe!
After swim lessons we went to pick strawberries at Hann Farms just south of Columbus. Despite the season being almost over we were able to pick a good number of strawberries in our short visit. It was a super hot afternoon!
Another of my favorites peeking in on Griffin sleeping. Literally, every night when we put him to bed he wants two animals on each side (doggy and fishy are always opposite, monster and elephant too) and to be covered up with his blue blanket. I often find him hugging his animals when I check on him.
And on this night he wanted to read Lily a story, give her one of his fishes, and share his doggy and blanket. He really has the sweetest, caring temperament. He regularly wants to share his toys and food with his friends and family 🙂 
And he went on a fun adventure to a castle park in Upper Arlington earlier this week where he worked up a big sweat pushing logs on the grass!
