National Gymnastics Day

We had a lot of fun on Saturday (the 10th) at Classic Gymnastics, the gym where Joshua has his gymnastics lessons. Nathan napped while I watched him and the action. We also enjoyed our taste of the birthday cake, this is third anniversary of the gyms opening.

Joshua showed Dewain a lot of tricks, he isn't often the expert and enjoyed showing off. Evidently he was a pretty good teacher, because Dewain seemed to be a natural at the rings.

Daniel loved going down the trampoline and went over and over again. He was a little miffed at the end that he didn't get to try everything in the hour we were there.

This is Nathan, just playing around with the huge dinosaur toy that's hard to store, but lots of fun.

Epiphany

Nathan has been proficiently drinking out of a sippy cup for about two weeks, but only a specific kind. I was wondering why he has been so slow and so particular. Finally, I realized why Nathan hasn't been as quick to pick up using a sippy cup as the other two. Daniel and Joshua had juice starting around 7 months, and Nathan got his first (diluted) juice today at only a week shy of 11 months. Nathan is also better with a regular cup than the other two, but I think the major factor is the juice.

Somebody's getting Married

Congratulations to Uncle Jon-David (Jorgensen), who is officially engaged and will be marrying Becky on Oct. 11th. I think it's awesome they'll be (Jon-) David & Becky just like my parents. We're excited to be able to go home to meet Becky and celebrate with them. We're thinking about what gift(s) to get them, so reply to this post with your favorite wedding gift (given or received) to give us some ideas.

Soccer Time

Daniel had his first soccer game Saturday. He had a lot of fun and spent most of his time playing goalie. He got scored on once, but his team won 3-2. Thank goodness for a great defender (yeah Alex!) and some surprisingly good team work for a bunch of 6 year-olds. Thanks to the binoculars from Aunt Holly and Uncle Drew, we had a prime view of the (clumpy) action. We were glad his game was at 10:00, because it was 90F when we left and only getting warmer. He was surprised by the number of snacks after the game, and felt that it was only appropriate he share with Joshua, which he generously did.