Rise and WALK

I went swimming with my dad, step mom and my two boys. It is amazing to watch little boys trying not to run when they are excited. They almost look like they are physical pain. Every time they would go from the baby pool to the big pool they wanted to run, but there were three people including the lifeguard yelling, "walk, walk, walk". Luke finally got it down but Dylan never quite got it. I made him hold my hand from pool to pool to slow him down . The one time he got away, he slipped and feel on his rump, but even that didn't slow him down. In the final analysis we didn't get kicked out so I feel confident in naming the day a success. We also went to the park at Allen station tonight and then to the library. We had some good family time and the weather was quite pleasant. The boys picked out Barney and Wiggles DVDs so they were happy.

I have decided that Luke has some acting blood in him. Today he was running in the library and tripped and fell down on his stomach, mere inches from the circulation desk. He then begins to act out a five minute death scene, complete with amplified sound effects. I do my obligatory requests for quiet, but overall I have enjoyed the performance and he knows it so he promptly ignores my request. Once he feels that he portrayed all the nuances inherent to the role he jumps up with a vibrant burst of energy and rans over to Daddy to see if he has earned a turn at "DaDa hat". *Dada hat being the name Dylan has given to ridding an Daddy's shoulders.