4 years, 8 months & 2 years, 5 months

Monthly picture time!

After an action packed trip to New Jersey last month, this month has been a little more routine. We were both in swim lessons on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the past four weeks. Dad and John are in the main part of the pool and I'm in my class of about 5 kids over in one corner. Something clicked last week during class and all of a sudden I claim to love swimming and love getting my face in the water (that has not always been the case). Dad credits the new teacher this session (Hannah) and we learned on Tuesday that she'll be my teacher when classes start up again in mid-July!

John has started to talk quite a bit more just in the last couple weeks. He's stringing together full sentences and we can even understand him most of the time. He loves to be outside and to go on adventures. If Dad starts a question with, "Who wants to go..." John's hand shoots up and he yells "me!" before he even hears the offer. 

I've been enjoying staying at home when Dad and John head out. I usually use that time to convince Mom to do all sorts of art projects with me. My time for adventures are when John is napping on the weekends. That's when I help Mom or Dad with the grocery shopping and when Dad and I like to make our own trips to the central library or the brewery for games.

We have another exciting adventure planned this weekend: Road trip to Montana for the 4th of July! It'll be our longest car trip ever and we are super excited. Dad keeps saying that the excitement will probably wear off by the Wyoming border.

Questions for Tess:

1. What concert would you like to see? Wailin Jennys

2. Favorite bird: Blue Heron

3. The most fun thing to do at swim lessons: Jump off the wall (editor's note: She means pushing off from the wall)

4. What are you excited to do in Montana? Play

5. Favorite Minnesota Twin: Daaaad...it's always Joe Mauer!

6. What are you excited to do during the long car trip? Coloring!

7. What would you like to be when you grow up? Doctor first and then I'm going to drive a garbage truck

For John:

1. Coolest animal you've seen recently: Bear

2. Where did you see the bear? ROAR!

3. Favorite dessert: Shoulder shrug then replied dessert

4. What are you excited to do during the long car trip? Montana! Colorado!

5. Favorite book(s): Go Dog Go and Peppa

6. What do you want to be when you grow up? Garbage truck with Tess