What a difference a month makes!

Wow! Vince has been one busy guy this month. Seems like he transitioned overnight from his army-crawl, to the hands and knees crawl, to cruising, to walking (running) behind toys! And he just keeps going. I can't believe how he gets around! Certainly keeps me busy!

Vince and I have been doing a parent and child swim class recently. While he loves the water, he is not a big fan of the structured time and the cold pool. But I have learned ways to teach him skills in the water. Maybe next summer he'll do better at following directions.

We broke down and took Vince in for his first haircut! I liked his hair long, but it was growing over his ears and eyes. He did a pretty good job. Now he looks like such a big boy with his new do!

I thought maybe we should begin working on good dental hygiene habits, so I decided to try brushing Vincent's teeth (still only two) and gums. He absolutely loves it! He comes 'running' the minute he sees the little toothbrush/gum massager on my finger! I haven't decided if it's the brush or the toothpaste that he likes best. But I think some top teeth might be working their way through, so the brush probably feels good on his gums.

Baby Races

One of the Lakeville Pan-o-Prog events was a baby crawl-a-thon. Vince doesn't stay still these days, so I thought it would be fun for him to show off his worm crawl. I think the pressure was just too much for him. By the time he started to move, the baby next to him was finished. So, we didn't get a trophy--the consolation prize was a ribbon, a sand pail and shovel. It was a fun event! But it was over way to quick. I'm thinking we might host a baby crawl-a-thon of our own with Vince's buddies!

4th of July weekend!

So much fun stuff to do!

On Friday, we celebrated my niece, Raina's, 10th birthday at her beach bash. It was Vinny's first trip to the beach. I was a little worried he might try tasting the sand, but he didn't. He absolutely loved playing in it and throwing it around (yes, I will eventually discourage this). He loved the water, too!



Saturday was the Apple Valley Freedom Days parade (1 1/2 hours of floats!!). And of course, Vincent's first fireworks on Saturday night. He did really well and actually stayed up until 11:00 to watch them.

Time to recuperate for another week of fun with Lakeville's Pan-o-Prog celebration.