8Apr2009: Day 317: Belated Birthday Wishes to Uncle Jake

I was wrong yesterday about, “I for scott.” It’s “I for cot”. I just wanted to clear that up.

I totally "for cot" to wish my brother Jake a happy birthday back on the 6th. I apologize profusely! I at least got him a present while he was here so I was ahead of the game (for a change) in that respect. Usually our family is a 6 month or so behind in giving gifts kind of family when it comes to birthdays.

After working out, I took Makenna swimming as there are no lessons tomorrow (the teacher is off). She is getting to be more confident, and daring, in her abilities. I have to make sure I’m constantly watching her because she is getting so daring. She kept jumping from the steps and going under but trying really hard to keep her head above water and I would lift her up. Surprisingly, she wasn’t ever upset and rarely coughed from too much water intake. I guess that’s why she kept doing it again and again. I also remembered to bring toys and there were other kids with toys that she was able to share and play with.

We had to get home by noon as we finally had a gardener coming to do the lawn. It hasn’t been taken care of since October. While he was out front taking care of the front lawn, Makenna wanted to play out back. I had the garage door open and there were little plastic balls that the neighbor boy left for us back in July of last year. So she was taking them out and putting them in various places in the yard. I tried to keep her “contained” in her spreading of them so as you can see from the video I brought out a couple of bowls to have her put them in. She also wanted to use the watering can, her favorite toy. I was glad that it was a nice day so that she could play outside since we couldn’t leave. Plus, I could keep an eye on her from the kitchen so I could get it cleaned up.

The other exciting thing of the day was an Easter gift from grandma & grandpa Jones. You can again see in the videos below that her excitement was more for the bubble wrap (sorry grandma & grandpa). We can’t wait for her to try on the pretty dress.