Thursday afternoon was Graham’s final lesson for his Salamander level Red Cross swimming lesson. He passed! There’s a big list of things that he needs to do to pass, and as much as I want to document these things, I have no desire to type them out. Besides, we have the nice booklet that lists all of his feats. The booklet will be fired into the big box of “Important Things” that will be filed and organized when the kids have grown up and left home.
Basically, he can float and swim on both his front and back. That and a bunch of other little tricks, like diving.
Here’s a picture of him holding his “report card”:
While we’re discussing Graham, I’ll tell you about his take on the Christmas story.
That same night, Graham started singing “Away in a Mangerâ€. This was fascinating to us for a couple of reasons.
1) He usually lip syncs along to songs. I’m not kidding. He’s just like Daddy when we sing at Church.
2) He didn’t learn the song from me, as whenever I break into song, they yell at me to STOP!! I choose to believe that it’s because my angelic voice overwhelms them with emotion that they cannot bear. Riiiight.
Anyway, he was actually singing the song out loud (which he learned at Playschool) and then pointed to the nativity scene we have. He proceeded to give me his spin on what Mrs. B. had been teaching them about the Christmas story.
“It’s Baby Jesus’ birthday on Christmas, right?â€
“That’s right, sweetie.â€
“There wasn’t a crib for him, so he had to sleep in the manger.†He folds his hands under his head and tilts it like he’s sleeping. (SO CUTE)
“But the animals ate the hay, so there wasn’t any hay in the manger.â€
“Oh. I didn’t know that part of the story.â€
“Yeah…and you know what his daddy’s going to do? He’s going CAMPING!â€
“Really?†I guess spending the night in a stable would be considered camping.
“Yeah. And Baby Jesus is going to get bigger, right? And then he’s going to have WINGS! Just like the people on our tree.â€
“Um…those are angels. Angels have wings.â€
“Yeah. I want to get some wings too. We need to buy some. We need to go to Wal-Mart and buy some wings.â€
Because you can get everything you need at Wal-Mart, including angel wings. Just so you know.
Comments:
Ohmygoodness. I love it! Thanks for sharing your baby sweetness with us!
I must go to Wal-Mart ~ NOW!! I need me some wings :)
Congrats to Graham on a job well done!
That is a great story! I love it, it’s so cute and the ending is so funny! :)
My kids too think they can get anything anf everything at WalMart.
Graham is so cute!
So adorable!!! The crazy things kids come up with, eh??
What a cute story! Wal-Mart truly is one stop shopping. ;)
So cute! Good job on the swimming. Ian will be taking lessons for the first time come January.
That is quite the story!
I can usually find anything I need at Walmart too=)
Totally cute pic of your G btw! Did he get a haircut?
Too adorable!
Too funny, I’m gonna get me some wings too!
And my kids are always yelling at me stop singing too – It HAS to be because it’s so beautiful it overwhelms them. That’s the only reason.
hee hee:-)
Way too cute. Kids are so smart and they remember everything. Way to go with the swimming lessons.
Isn’t taking your kids to swimming lessons so fun. They are so adorable in the pool. We have red cross but the animal levels are different. I get a kick out of the camping part, that’s something my son would say.
Wow, Graham has done very well at swimming lessons! You must be very proud!
The Christmas story was very cute ;-)
Just wait till he gets his birthday present! Can you say Superman cape?
Almost as good as wings, with sound effects! :)
WAY TO GO GRAHAM!!! Jillian is in Salamander too but we don’t find out if she passed or not until tommorow. Maybe we’ll see you in January lessons!
He is just adorable. Good job Graham!
ok…I’m laughing so hard, I’m crying. Tears are streaming down my face and I can’t breathe. That kid is going to kill me one day.
Hehehe. I ALWAYS sing the boys to sleep…I think they like it.
Chuck thinks they go to sleep so they don’t have to hear me.
Niiice.