VBS and Jayce Update

Hey everyone!  How’s your summer going?  Ours is going good!  We have been having a blast lately!!  It’s been so hot here!  But we’ve been keeping cool in lots of ways!  We’ve been to the pool, played in the sprinkler, and Mommy has become an expert Smoothie maker!

 Her favorite to make is a strawberry banana, but sometimes she adds some mango too.  And she has a bunch more recipes that she's itchin' to try . . . keep 'em coming Mommy!! 

This week I went to Vacation Bible School at church ... It was PANDAMANIA!!!  I had so much fun!  we learned a lot about how much "God is WILD about Us".  I made a lot of cool crafts too, like this panda pillow, and a Chinese dragon out of my handprints.  We also raised money as a service project for a 3rd grade class.  They study China in 3rd grade and this class needed some books on China and Chinese culture.  So we raised money to help them buy these things, and also adopt a Real Panda in China!!  Isn't that cool! 

 Well, Mommy wants me to tell you all about Jayce now.  He's really growing fast!  He can do so much more than he could just a couple weeks ago!!  

1. He can sit up all by himself . . . just not for very long

2. He eats baby food made by Mommy.  He can eat lots of Fruits, like bananas, apples and pears.  And so now he's started veggies too, like Sweet potatoes (yuck!)  Mommy likes making the baby food.  She says it's really easy, cheaper, and great because she knows exactly what's in it.  Jayce seems happy with it either way! 

3.  He can MOVE!!!  He started out rolling around while we were at Grandma and Grandpa Louie's house, but now he inches along on his belly.  Daddy nicknamed him the Inchworm.  Sometimes he inches with his toes (first video), but recently he's figured out he can go further if he pulls his legs under him.  That means I have to keep all my toys picked up more, so that Jayce doesn't get them.  He likes all my toys and papers, so those things he goes for all the time!

Tomorrow Daddy is running in ANOTHER race!!  This one is a short run though.  It's only 7 miles and so Daddy is using it as a "Training Run".  (Mommy laughs whenever she hears that)  But it's still a tough run . . . it's up to Horsetooth Rock and back down again.  That's on the trails Mommy used to work at.  So it's 2 1/2 miles almost straight up the mountain (1700 ft of elevation gain) and then zig-zag the trails back down.  We're gonna go and watch him finish again!  I can't wait to see him do such a good job!  And then he has another race like this next month up at Red Mountain (another place Mommy used to work) and it's 15 miles.  All leading up to the BIG Trail Marathon that Daddy did last year.  He wants to do so good at that one this year, so he's got to train hard!!  Go, Daddy, GO!!  

We start swim lessons again next week!  I say "We" because Jayce is taking them too!  Mommy found a class for him (if she helps) that meets at the same time my class is.  So he can go too!  I LOVE Swimming!  It's everyday for two whole weeks!!  Well, that's about it for now.  Stay Cool everyone!!