Little Dancers

Leah (left, pink) and Hannah had fun taking Dance and Gymnastics this summer.  I went for the last class and watched them dance to Chim-Chiminey Cha-Roo from Mary Poppins (they loved the song choice).  But even more than the song, they loved that they got to dress up, have their hair done and wear makeup!  Tiffany (our nanny) did a great job getting them ready.  Even though class has been over for a few weeks they've still been doing their somersaults, back bends, crabs, and beginner cartwheels across their bedroom floor (I much prefer this to the acrobatic jumping from one bed to another.  No we don't allow this, but it happens quite a bit anyway, and yes there have been some downsides to the girls sharing a bedroom!)  They also took swim lessons (along with Joseph) throughout the summer, and while Joseph passed to the next level since he's able to do a front and back crawl, I think Leah gets the award for most improved and Hannah might be strongest 4 year old swimmer this side of the Missippi (ok that might be an exaggeration).  Both girls love going into "the deep" at Hoyt Pool, which is the 4 foot section where they can only touch on the shallow end and they can jump into water and swim out to Jay and I without touching.  They are trying to get ready for when they hit 48" and can go on the slide with Joseph!  Joseph did coach pitch baseball through the rec department, but he still prefers kickball, ball tag, and dodge ball to traditional sports.  And his favorite is still Hockey.  They all liked the 4th of July cooking class they took, and Joseph's favorite activity was Zooper Heroes and the Milwaukee County Zoo (of course, because it involves talking about super heroes and super hero powers...but I was surprised that it beat out Lego Camp).  The girls also enjoyed learning how to be Zookeepers for a morning....but nothing can compete with Dance!  Well, except crazy fun things like going to Monkey Joe's and Chucky Cheese's....but they got to do that this summer too.  They've had a blast, despite that they sometimes say they are bored or complain about having to practice writing and reading (Joseph of course, but not about math!) or that they don't need naps (Hannah and Leah, but sometimes Joseph too.  Don't we all need a nap every now and then?)