Lot's of new stuff 'round here

We have had a very busy couple of weeks around here. The heat has kicked it into full gear, so we have been spending most of our days inside. Lot's of time to color, paint, play with pipe cleaners and learn lots of new things. Pumpkin is currently learning to recognize her numbers and letters. My mom started this about 2 weeks ago and Pumpkin is really enjoying learning new things. Yet, sometimes she tells us that she can not learn it because she needs to learn it at school. Now, this is cute...but not when she is talking about learning how to listen! :) She had a TON of pool time this past weekend with a birthday party in a pool and then an after baptism pool party. She was like a little fish. She spent a little over 3 hours in the pool yesterday, and swam the ENTIRE time. She was wearing floaties on her arms and was the center of attention. There were not any other "big" kids there (besides the adults!) and they all loved playing with her. She swam from person to person and was in heaven. I have never seen her actually swim quite so much. She was doing a great job using her arms and legs and did not mind going under water a little bit. Apparently swim lessons did teach her a thing or two!

Critter has learned SO much in the past week or so. Since he has been unable to use his exersaucer, jumper or rocking horse, he has been getting a TON of floor time. He like rolling around for awhile now. Well....he is ALMOST crawling. As you can see from the picture, he gets up pretty good on his hands and knees. He will rock back and forth, give me a look saying "I know I am supposed to do something else, I just don't know what it is!", and then he will fall. I know within days he will be crawling around. He is now enjoying baby food once or twice a day. He is the opposite from his sister. She devoured food when I introduced it, Critter was not as big of a fan. He is also talking a ton. His favorite things are BaBaa Ba and MAMA! It has gotten really clear in the past day or so and will look at me and say it. Talk about melting my heart. Scary for us is that he is talking WAY before Pumpkin did. With how much she talks now, I have no idea what I am in store for. He has really grown into such a big boy. Each day he is learning something else new!