Wednesday, August 4, 2010

July Flew By!

August really snuck up on me and I now realize that I was completely remiss in my posting for pretty much all of last month.  So, I thought I would post a little recap of what Riley's been up to in the past month. 

Reading "Fox and da Hound"
Riley's very own version of finger painting.  Who needs paper when you can paint your finger and toe nails?

Riley enjoying her fave dessert, ice cream, at concert in the park

Riley's favorite activity has been swimming and we have easily spent about 4 days out each week hanging out and cooling off in Gigi and Popdaddy's pool.  Riley has always been comfortable in the water, but we are amazed at the progress that she has made in her swimming skills just by spending so much time in the water.  At the begining of the summer we bought her a swim vest that helps her to be able to float independently in the water and she has learned to float on her tummy and paddle and kick to move through the water, back float, and stick her face in the water.  She likes to dive down with her head under the water and has just started asking to dive for things on the bottom too.  She is so proud of herself and we watching her.

Riley and Gigi

Riley and her friend Holden
Playing Ring Around the Rosie
Roo and her buddy Alec
Riley also got to spend time playing with friends in the park, at the zoo and of course in the pool too.


Riding the train at Belleview Park
Playing in the stream with friends

Tomorrow we are headed north to Alaska for our 2 week trip to visit Bunky Ryan and Auntie Kelly so we'll have lots of new storys and pictures to post about our latest adventure!

2 comments:

Sweet Baby James said...

I've been waiting for an update! I am so impressed by Riley's swimming skills. We will have to come down to your parents when you are back from Alaska so she can show off for James. Have a fabulous trip!!! Give our love to Ry and Kelly!

Erin Sungy said...

Hope you guys have an amazing trip - we loved getting to visit when we were in CO and are alredy looking forward to catching up in Dec. Thanks for letting us play in the pool too!