Brave

It's so neat to watch (hear?) the vocabulary of your children increase because with it comes interpretations of words that you are sometimes right on, and sometimes not! When it comes to some spiritual lessons, Eli struggles a little. Mainly with concepts of "humble" and "confess". But some others, he totally understands, like "brave" and "forgive".

Earlier in the week the kids had a great bath time. They were both happy and nice, the whole time! Of course I pulled out the camera, and Eli showed off a few tricks. (Which meant that Maddux ALSO showed off a few tricks.) The main one Eli had was putting his face in the water (face down), and closing his eyes. He told me, "Look, Mom! I am being brave!!"

We signed Eli up for swim lessons last week, in the hopes that he would not forget all of his independent swimming skills before next summer. So far he LOVES the classes, and I love the teacher. He is no-nonsense, but not in a drill sergeant way. And he has the kids swim laps the whole time, which makes for a very quick bedtime for Eli. Last week I left Eli's room and by the time Lehr got up to go say his 'good-night', Eli was already snoring.