Scrambled States of America, Swim Lessons, G.G.

On Saturday we went out with some new friends! About a month ago we were going to garage sales and came across one where the stuff they were selling looked like stuff we own or have owned in the past. Guy was even able to purchase a box set of MST3K from them. So, we went out to pizza with them! They are very nice, but they are moving to Ohio in July!

But before pizza on Saturday we had a fun morning of garage sales and going to the library. We played some board games while we were there, and ran into some church friends (the same ones we hiked to Table Rock with a few weeks ago!) they stopped and played a game with us. We found a fun game called Scrambled States of America. Nico has been really interested in states and capitals lately so this game was seriously perfect. So perfect, in fact, that we went home that day and Nico spent his own money to buy it on Amazon!

This is Nico playing a counting game, until I looked over and GASPED, finding the states game on the shelf. We quickly switched games.

Sunday was Father's Day. Nico picked out a funny card for Guy and Nico picked out some tropical flavored Swedish Fish for him. It was a nice day at home!

Monday was Nico's first day of swim lessons! It was overcast and a little chilly, they only did 15 minutes in the water before they needed to stop. They are working hard, Nico is a bit resistant, I coaxed him with Blue Cow Frozen Yogurt if he could get through a whole lesson without holding his nose when going under water, but "blowing bubbles" instead. He is having a difficult time relaxing in the water but I think the one-on-one lesson is helping him a lot more than the class session did last year. We went to Blue Cow after the lesson on Wednesday. He did hold his nose once but that was because he didn't have time to get a breath of air before going into the water. I figured I wouldn't dock him for that one. I prefer him doing that over sticking to the "rules" and getting a lung full of water!

Monday afternoon I had a doctor's appointment so I brought Nico over to Pa & Grandma's house. His cousins were over there too and they had a fun day.

Nico stayed overnight that night and I picked him up early the next morning so we could go visit GG. Unfortunately, I locked my keys in the car while at my parents' house and we weren't able to make it! I called GG and we rescheduled for Thursday. When Guy was available he came and bailed me out. In the meantime we went on an "adventure".  We went around the block on bikes and scooters, following the sidewalk to the left and never getting off of it. I was impressed with how well Grandma managed the kids. Watch the video at the end to get a glimpse!

We've been playing Scrambled States of America non-stop since it arrived on Tuesday.

Riding scooters on the greenbelt.

This morning we were able to finally make it to GG's house to visit her and Aunt Pat!

Video below with a few snippets. Have a great weekend everyone!