For a little more than a month now Finn has been going to Aqua Tots Swim School for two lessons each week, one on Monday and the other on Tuesday. His first few lessons he was pretty timid in the water and not very confident. This week you can really tell how much progress he has made! Can you find him in the photo below? Yep, that’s him, completely submerged under the water. That’s a big deal for this kiddo who initially didn’t want to get anything more than his chin wet! He is doing GREAT! And yep, another trip to Graeter’s for me and this one. I mean, come on, when they release a summer “bonus” flavor that is peppermint ice cream with chocolate chips – how could we not go see if we liked it? Oh. my. word.  This one. Nearly everyday there is something about this kid that cracks me up. This particular day it was time to hop in the shower so I asked him to head up to get undressed. He usually puts his dirty clothes in our dirty clothes basket in our closet. When I went upstairs to get him started in the shower I saw this! This silly boy got a purse and some shoes of mine (in the closet where the hamper is) and was modeling for me, lol. Certainly these photos will be shown for years to come.  And then there is this one. He. loves. to. sleep. And he is really good at it too! And it makes him happy. Well, not always happy, but he’s usually happy to go take a nap! Jenn and Griffin had a fun rainy-day morning of making pancakes this week (including some with chocolate chips!). Yummers.  This year the  “spring celebration – yay we made it through another spring season” party was a Columbus Clippers game downtown at Huntington Park. As it turns out, it wasn’t a very popular (aka well-attended) event for our staff. I guess some don’t like baseball or to drive that far :(. Well, those of us that went had a great time! We even had our name on the monitor.  Uncle Andy and Aunt Amy invited us to go swimming this weekend. Unfortunately, Reid had been to the doctor on Friday and was diagnosed with enterovirus. So we didn’t feel it appropriate for him to go! Kevin stayed home with Reid and Finn and I headed to church to work in the nursery and then for an afternoon of pool fun. We haven’t been to the Dublin Pools before – they are a treat! You can tell Finn is gaining confidence in the water. Even from the beginning of our day to the end – he was far more adventurous in the pool. Thanks to Uncle Andy for snapping some pics.  Griffin is so happy to play with Reid and be a big brother. He’s enjoying helping him learn to walk too. 

July 1st marks my 20 year work anniversary at Millcreek. This year, prior to my annual review, I reviewed my entire employee file. As you can imagine it’s pretty thick after 20 years! There were lots of things in there that were fun to review, including my original application for employment (a paper application, gasp!) from 1998 as well as my resume. Check out my hourly wage for my high school and college jobs!

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