hanging, finale, and change

Sheer delight in gymastics.

Thursday was Emi's last gymastics class for the summer. Honestly, it was the best money I think we've ever spent on an activity for her. Granted, it wasn't super structured or anything, but it was a great opportunity for her to run around and jump like a crazy person (thus ensuring a fabulous Thursday afternoon nap).

MoMo (Morgan) has been an expert at swinging on the bar pretty much since day 1. She's got abs I'm sure we'd all kill for.

For the longest time Emi would just jump off the little riser and barely touch the bar... MoMo, as usual, continues to swing.

Finally! Since January Emi's been working on this skill. She finally got it!

Emi and Kate enjoying the trampoline (Kate making her "cheese" face).

Someone else making her own "cheese" face.

If you look closely in the above picture, you'll notice something different. Thursday morning one of Emi's gold hoops fell out. I managed to catch it before it went down the drain, but I figured it was a good opportunity to FINALLY switch out her earrings. She's now sporting her diamond earrings from Tio Esteban (her padrino/godfather) and Tia Claudia that she got for her baptism.

We have started the potty training in earnest. We're averaging probably a 40-50% success rate at this point. Sometimes we make it to the potty in time, sometimes not. We're going to continue the potty training until Wednesday (an arbitrary day if ever there was one). I figure if by then she's not potty trained then it's a sign that a) she's not ready and/or b) I'm doing something wrong.