On Saturday, we added a new member to our family. We stopped at Pet Smart on the way home and we adopted a kitten from the local shelter. We weren't shopping for another pet but this cat won our hearts. He is extremely friendly, loves the kids (huge plus!), and so far....hasn't scratched any furniture. He is already litter box trained as well. We named him Simba. He is approximately six months old and is already neutered. While he has been introduced to the ferrets, neither seemed very interested in the other. Simba pretty much avoided Meko and Molly and the ferrets watched the cat with great interest but overall seemed indifferent to this intruder on their turf.
While the good people of the world were worshipping at church on Sunday morning, we sinners drove out to a local parking lot to launch a rocket that Jeff bought yesterday. The girls enjoying taking turns launching the rocket and we had a great time.
On Sunday afternoon, we visited with some of our old neighbors from our prior neighborhood. Jim and Cathy moved into their home not too long before we sold our last house. We still stay in touch and they invited us over so the girls could practice swimming. Cathy used to teach swimming to children and she offered to help the girls. Earlier last week we visited with other friends who had pools and Rachel and Anna both began to go completely under water without complaining. This is a huge milestone as neither of them were willing to attempt this prior to this past week. They really stepped up their skills tonight with Cathy's assistance. Rachel does much better swimming on top of the water whereas Anna is the queen of the underwater swimming. Both are not able to swim without still being under a watchful eye but they have both come a long way this week and both can swim somewhat independently. Rachel used to cry if she got a spot of water on her face. Now, she is jumping off the side of the pool, going underwater, and swimming back to the side of the pool. Anna isn't as confident in herself just yet but she too was also jumping off the side of the pool and easily swimming under water for short distances. She actually goes deeper and holds her breath longer than Rachel. But, Anna doesn't know how to swim on top of the water well. Rachel was swimming across the pool before we left and she is very close to swimming without us standing over her at all times. I think with a bit more practice, they will both be swimming well by next summer. It will be a big relief for us knowing they have better skills in the water from a safety stand point. We ate dinner with Jim and Cathy before returning home and putting two very tired little girls to bed.On Tuesday night this week, Rachel and Anna will both begin tumbling/gymnastics classes. They are very excited about this. We wanted to enroll them in an activity of some sort this Fall and when we visited a local gymnastics facility, both girls were excited about starting. It is a non-competitive program which we like since they are both just getting started. If they like it, if they are good at it, neither Jeff nor I would have concerns about enrolling them in a competitive program.
Our friends, Lisa & Mark, bequeathed their piano to us before Mark finished his move to Colorado to join Lisa (Thank You Mark & Lisa!). Rachel has been busy practicing on the piano and she has some musical talent. We may check into finding piano lessons for her as well.
As for me and Jeff....Jeff has been working at his new job for over a month now. I have now been at my job (actually in the office) only four days. It has been an adjustment for me in many respects and it will take some time to get used to the changes considering I worked for my former employer for nearly 10 years. But, overall, I think I'll enjoy the career change. It'll just take some time getting used to the new responsibilities, etc.
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