Summer so far

The local dairy has a farmers market every Thursday evening during the summer.  We decided to go before the hot hot hot weather hit.  We headed over with the Spencers and there were several vendors to watch and samples to be eaten.  There was a $1 hay ride/tour of the dairy and a petting zoo.  All in all, a great way to spend an evening-especially since it wasn't too hot!

Heading out on the hay ride

Natalie was very eager to feed the goats and they were very eager to oblige.  Cyrena just observed/threw feed through the holes in the fence.

They had stacked hay bales to climb.  The girls got very dirty and didn't want to leave. 

Cyrena and Natalie just finished up a round of swimming lessons.  I did not realize when I signed Natalie up that her class required parents to be in the water with them.  Ummm...I have an infant to take care of too....so I was a little unsure of how it was going to work.  Luckily I have a great friend, Alison, who was willing to help me out!  She's 7 months pregnant and said it sounded great to her to get in the water.  So we suited Anna up and Alison and I were in the water with both Anna and Natalie most days.  Some of the days Alison was kind enough to watch Anna at her house.  I don't know what I would have done without her!!  

Both girls did great and progressed well.  By the end, I had Natalie jumping into the water to me (going under and coming back up) and Cyrena had  perfected her back float.  Cyrena is now taking private lessons from a 15 year old girl in our neighborhood. 

And just so you know we really do have a baby around here, enjoy this little video of her latest trick.