I had a good laugh as I read this post by Kent (MC), New Sayings for Mormon Walls (and Decorative Tiles) Be sure to scroll down through the comments for additional humorous suggestions.

My friend Ajoy has one up in her kitchen, and I’m biffing it due to poor memory,

“Many people have eaten in this very kitchen and no one has died yet”

(Ajoy if you’ll leave the quote in a comment, I’ll update the post with the accurate phrasing)

In the way of full disclosure, I do have a pink heart vinyl lettered wall that hangs (or will once we finish painting) with our family photos:

                                                        All Because Two People Fell In Love” 

Swimming lessons started out really rough for Ephraim. He screamed and screamed the first day, cried the next, and didn’t listen to instructions to stay away from the wall dividing the slightly deeper side of the pool. The teacher and I agreed that I would get in the water with him and that worked reasonably well. This past week he was kicking and screaming again–when it was time to LEAVE the pool. Today, he didn’t even need me in the water with him. I am so excited by his progress!

Ephraim holds out his “swim buddy”. This was taken before his first lesson started.

You may notice that his hair a bit shorter, no longer covering his eyes. Yes, at the end of July all three males in the household got haircuts.

He was more cooperative than we expected during the process.

Ephraim has a developmental preschool screening in a couple of weeks. We’ll see if it’s a good fit for him (presuming he qualifies) and how that schedule would mesh with ours. Something twice a week for a couple of hours would be pretty doable, I think.

Upcoming posts: Duncan; Cheanna; Emma Catharine; Elena; Anya; the Academy update; Opting out of Sunbeams (me, not Ephraim); and other drafts sitting around right now, paralyzed by perfection.