Church Swim Party

We went to a church swim party last Saturday. Theo grabbed the top of my taco and stuffed his handful of chopped cilantro and salsa verde in his mouth. He already loves spicy food, apparently! He has also tried Jay's spicy V8 tomato juice and liked that too. In fact, he has been less enthused about bread I offer him, unless it is a grilled cheese or piece of pizza. Theo loves flavor. At the party he also ate refried beans, Spanish rice, tortilla chips, and a little of a snickerdoodle (by the time Daddy offered the snickerdoodle, he was more intent on turning his food into crumbs and decorating Mommy's shirt with them.

Wearing Daddy's cool hat

I get excited by the fact that he already loves the Calvin and Hobbes books. In fact, I found that I had taken pictures of him raiding the Calvin and Hobbes books from the bookshelf in 3 different outfits. I guess that was 3 different times I saw it and wanted a picture.

Ha ha, that's funny . . . And probably bad for his teeth. We decided to stop him after we took the picture.

The church party was at someone's house. How nice of them to host us. Isn't this place gorgeous?

Theo got splashed and upset right as I took the picture, and then he needed Mommy, so we didn't get a happier picture of him on Daddy. But he was having a great time before I took the picture. He loves fun with Daddy.

He could crawl over a water jet.

This pool noodle was fun until he took a bite out of it and I had to extricate it from his mouth.

Jay got this picture right after Theo grabbed the cilantro and salsa verde. See how intent he is and the leaf on his chin?

Eating a tortilla chip

One of Theo's friends. He always has a better time at church when she's around.

Dipping Mommy's hat in the water is fun to do.

Hilariously, Jay let a boy we didn't know play with the underwater camera. He took a million selfies that all look quite a bit like this.

Another of Theo's buddies

Rebecca said hello to us

I guess this is our most current family picture. A bit fuzzy, but we were having a good time in the twilight.

You can't tell, but that dog only has three legs.

The sister missionaries are so nice!

Theo didn't seem that interested in swimming until other babies joined in. He got bored with just his parents and the older kids, or maybe he was just impatient for a salsa break. Whatever it was, after we got out and ate, other babies started swimming and Theo had a much better time.

On Monday I got Theo a ball and he and I rolled it back and forth. I had read that kids this age could do that and so tried and was impressed. I had also read that they can start to wash themselves in the tub. I gave Theo the wash cloth -- well I offered it. He was way too busy playing with the plug to take it. When he wasn't trying to let out the water, he was playing with his rubber duck. Perhaps he can wash himself at this age, but he has zero interest in it. Can you believe a boy is not that interested in getting clean?

In Theo's defense, the rubber duck is a new toy, and so very interesting. At the store I laid out the different colors to see which one he would pick. He chose blue over yellow or green. I wonder if he has a color preference at this age.

Jay has been working on a little garden in the backyard. It has been 2 or 3 weeks and I am impressed by the growth of some of the sunflowers and pumpkin plants. Only 1 bean plant is growing. It's nice to look out our windows at the green plants, replacing the lantana that was there before. All the new plants are dog-friendly.

Speaking of dogs, Little Foot is doing very well. After being ill he has recovered and has lots of energy for jumping around and for cleaning up after Theo. Sometimes Theo purposefully feeds Little Foot. It is very cute, but like many cute things, should probably be discouraged. Theo also makes loud, happy noises in church. Again, a very cute thing that should be discouraged.

Theo is ticklish, or perhaps he just giggles at the attention if being tickled. His giggles are very cute.