Dizzy Girl and Backwards Crab Walk

Yale and I can't stop talking about how funny Sophia has been lately. Each time I put Sophia to bed I find myself cracking up. Either she's trying to stick her finger up my nose while I'm reading to her, or she toots while I'm changing her clothes and blowing on her belly (and I have to say the farting seems intentional, at least the second and third time she does it), or she's accompanying me while I sing "Ba Ba Black Sheep". She spends most of the day-time hours trying to jump. It's hard to explain, but she kind of throws her upper body up and then almost lifts one of her legs. I guess she sees Olivia jumping, and it makes her want to be able to do it too. Spinning in circles until she's so dizzy that she falls down laughing is another a favorite activity. Olivia has always loved having books in bed with her. Sophia insists on taking a shoe to bed. She prefers shoes with laces. At the moment this seems to be her favorite toy, second only to her stuffed sheep. Olivia had her first swimming lesson today. I had the challenge of chasing Sophia around the pool and not letting her get into the water, while also trying to watch Olivia in her lesson. I was really impressed by her teacher, Melissa. I can't imagine that teaching 3 and 4 year-olds how to swim is a very easy job, but Melissa kept them busy by changing the activity about every 30 seconds. They did the backwards crab walk, walked like alligators, floated on their backs while she held them, practiced kicking, chased toys, and put their faces in the water. About 15 times during the 30-minute lesson, Olivia would spot me and shout, "Look at me, Mama! Look at me!" I think that means she was having fun.