Ryan began June playing blastball (similar to tball) for two week, 3x per week. The program was for 3 and 4 year olds so Ryan was one of the oldest on the team. He was a little bored. I think he will like regular tball much better. Blastball was a good learning experience though.
My dad/Mardi and my grandparents came to visit for a Sunday. Ryan was excited to have someone brave enough to take a ride on his go-kart with him. Nana even got the pleasure of being a passenger on the trip through the mud puddle. Yep.....all splattered with mud. Ride at your own risk!
One of my favorite summer time activities is to take Ryan to the strawberry patch. He didn't last every long picking strawberries this year. It was the first real hot and humid day. He started not feeling well after about 20 minutes. So I gave him a bottle of water and he spent the rest of the time in the shade. I continued picking though. The odd thing is....I love picking strawberries but I don't like eating them.
Ryan, Treyton and Cainan hanging out in the shade eating fresh strawberries
We have had a couple fun playdates in June also. Going to parks, bowling, splash park, wading pools, etc. This photo was taken at my friend, Anna's house. Painting the cardboard house was a success!
Finally SWIMMING LESSONS! Ryan had Red Cross swimming lessons everyday for two weeks. The first day he started out in level 1 but within the first five minutes they moved him up to level 2. He was the youngest in the class but at least they were teaching him stroke techniques instead of learning to put his head under the water and blowing bubbles like in level 1. Anyone who knows Ryan, knows he has no fear of water so putting his head under water was pretty mediocre for him. His favorite part of swimming lessons was jumping off the diving boards. Here are some progression photos.
First: low diving board with a life jacket on
Second: low board with no life jacket
Third: HIGH board with no life jacket but the instructor grabbed him as soon as he hit the water. Ryan begged to go off the high board, the teachers did not require it.
Finally: High board, no life jacket and no instructor catching him. As you can see, the instructor was near by but Ryan jump off the board, hit the water, came back up then swam to the side all by himself. Mom was a little nervous about this but he did great.
We have more news to share with everyone but it will have to wait until the next blog update.
