Free Swim Lessons!

One great thing about Winter Haven, Florida...they offered a month of free swim lesson twice a week. SWEET! Cause we know I'm cheap! Navie did a great job. On the last day of class, the parents were allowed in to watch the final test...jumping off the diving board. Navie wasn't quite ready to jump off the diving board without someone to catch her but she did get over to the side without any help. Now she just needs to believe she can do it and use bigger arms. I was so happy to see her swimming without floaties. I know, it's about time, right?

Our friend, Parker from church did swim lessons with us. It was a good month.

Legoland's Brick or Treat

One thing I do not love about Florida, no real close-by pumpkin patches with corn to play in or mazes. But luckily there is Legoland. We dressed Navie up as Snow White and headed down the street for some Brick or Treating. I thought this was just clever wording. On the contrary, you got plenty of Lego magazines encouraging the youngsters to want more Lego Friends and stuff along with a few sweet treats. But it was fun nevertheless. They make some super cool objects out of Legos. We saw Andrea of the Lego Friends. I love me some good puns. This weekend we are headed to the SeaWorld Spooktacular!

A Slice to the Head

(Warning the pictures at the end of the monologue contain minor amounts of blood!) Two weeks ago, Navie gave me quite the scare. I was preparing dinner in the kitchen and she was dancing around. Of course she had to stand on the stool and was waiting to show me her latest move. But as she leaned against the wall, the stool slipped out from under her and she fell. Not wonderful to have your child fall right in front of your face but what made matters 100 times worse, she hit the back of her head on the inch and a half of windowsill sticking out from the wall. Luckily Daddy was home. He scooped her up and surveyed the damage. I was ever so helpful and grabbed a wash cloth and some ice. As we continued to look at the gash, we decided we needed to head to Urgent Care to have it looked it. It was a pretty deep gash from the looks of it. Navie was terrified of the idea of going to the doctor. In my deepest thoughts, I knew she was wrong that going to the doctor would make it better but she got me worrying. Maybe it wouldn't have been such a big deal for me had I ever had to go to the doc to get sewn up before but the idea of stitches or staples was a new one for me. So I began telling her about her cousins who had gotten stitches and Aunt Carolyn who went to the doctor to get casts for her handful of broken arms. I'm not sure who I was trying to soothe, myself or Navie. Luckily it seemed to work. But of course all went fine. We checked in, they called us back. They said yep, she can get away with staples. So Daddy held Navie in his lap and I tried to distract by talking about ice cream and sprinkles. But luckily getting 4 staples took no time at all. As soon as the staples were in, Navie was back to her old self. This was a great relief to me because I'll tell you what she was really panicked before we went to the doctor. Now the staples have been removed but we are still waiting for the scab to fall off. I hope it happens soon because it looks kinda gross to me. But she is okay and I survived it too!