Swimmer Lincoln

So, last summer, Lincoln took swimming lessons for about two days. He didn't like being in the water without someone holding on to him or without a life jacket. I didn't push him in hopes that he would eventually come around. While at my mom's on Spring Break, he decided to give the pool another try (with a life jacket). At first he only wanted to sit on the steps and play in the shallow water. Then I gave him a long swimming noodle to put under his arms to help him swim. He started kicking and off he went!! The we went WITHOUT the noodle and he did even better! As it turned out, he knew exactly how to kick and paddle his arms to get around the pool. I was so proud of him. I think that he was pretty proud of himself!!

Home State Project

Last month, at school, Logan's class gave presentations on their "Home State". Well, obviously, poor Logan has no home state. We told him that he was born in Virginia, has family in Washington, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Florida. None of those states piqued his interest. He asked if he could do where we plan to retire. His teacher said that was fine...so Maine it was!! We all had a great time researching and learning about our future home. Logan made a "Home State Box" with various facts, postcards and maps inside. They then had to present their box and state to their class! They held a Home State Food Show to wrap up the unit. The kids were to bring in a food that represented their state. We figured that Lobster wouldn't go over to well, so Logan chose blueberry muffins. All of the kids set up a station for their food and to display their box. Logan had a really great time watching all the people eat the muffins that we made! What a great project!!