Rarrr!

Naomi is in the stage where she thinks if she hides behind something or covers her eyes you can't see her. So the other day, Naomi and her cousins were hiding under the counter and waiting for me to walk by so they could scare me. Sometimes Naomi would poke her head out and say "Rarr," but most of the time she would scream at the top of her lungs (and it did make me jump). Her are some pictures from her fun.

Swim Lessons

The last couple of weeks Naomi has been in swim lessons at the community pool. The first day Naomi screamed the whole time, and it was her high pitched scream. The second day went smoother, she still cried but it wasn't as loud and she wasn't screaming. Each day got better and she loved it, for the most part. Each time when she was working on new schools she would moan and cry a little but she still tried it. The second to last day she was smiling and giggling almost the whole time. She is now done with swim lessons for the summer, but I'll keep working with her so she can get better at the skills she learned.

I only got one picture of Naomi at swim lessons, since I was in the pool the whole time. So here is a picture with her instructor, Hailee.

Fun Friday

Because of the Arizona heat, the Zoo now opens at 7 am in the summer. So we (Naomi, Nicole, Caleb, and me) got to the zoo around 7:20 am. It was hot, but bearable and there was a nice breeze, since it was still early. We got to see the animals more lively. We saw a male ostrich showing off to the female ostriches, the giraffes up close, the tiger and lions awake, the meerkats digging, and the baboons fighting. Naomi and Caleb had fun seeing the animals while they were awake. After we saw the animals, we went to the water play area and let Naomi and Caleb get wet. We could have spent most of our time there and they would have been happy. Next we went on the carousel ride. And then we had to hurry to get to movies. Harkins Theatre has this awesome kids' summer movie program where you pay $7 to see 10 movies throughout the summer, the movies are older ones but they're still good ones. We saw Nim's Island, Naomi liked it because of all the animals. So here are some pictures from our fun day.

What we've been up to

The kids got out of school last Thursday, so we've been doing a lot of fun things. We painted at As You Wish, went swimming, went to Jump and Shout a couple times, and went to Chuck E. Cheese for the first time. I'm sad I didn't get pictures of any of these things, but we had a lot of fun. Naomi also got a haircut, only the second one in her life. Her bangs were getting long and bothered her, and she won't really let me pull them back, so I trimmed them and here is the only picture I could get of her new trimmed bangs.

(Notice the gum in her hand, it was the bribe, and it worked)

Jump and Shout

Jump and Shout is really fun place; it's like a big version of a McDonald's play place but with more things to do. It has bounce houses, blocks, coloring, slides, and so on. We have a membership there because Naomi has so much fun and it will be a good place for us to spend the hot days of summer. Here are some pictures from our fun.

Dancing Queen

Last night Naomi was dancing with her cousin. It was so cute because Naomi's dancing mostly consisted of running around the room, spinning, and saying "hi-yah." She even posed at the end of the songs.

Dinner with Great Grandparents

So Naomi got to meet Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Taylor when we went to dinner with them last night. She also got to meet Great Aunt Darlene and her husband. Naomi warmed up to them pretty fast. It was fun to see them.