I wanted to ask you that…

This is Averhy’s most common phrase lately.  What she means to say is “I was wondering…”  – as in “I wanted to ask you that can we go swimming today?”  And swimming is a popular activity on hot days like today. Although she has a blast playing with her friend Lizzie in their kiddie pool next door, Averhy was less than excited to get in the pool for swimming lessons on Monday. Not sure why, exactly… she’s been taking lessons pretty much once a week for the past year, and this week was the first time she was afraid to get in the water.  I guess she remembers going under the water (a bit out of control) near the end of the last session of lessons.  Oh, well.  I ended up going in the pool with her on Wednesday for her entire lesson, and she really did great – as long as I was touching her back or holding her tummy.  Hopefully the fear will fade quickly!

Another example… “I wanted to ask you that can I feed Eden?”  Yes, this past week Eden got her first taste of real food – sweet potatoes!  She quickly got the hang of it, and now is very excited each time we plop her into her bouncy seat and bring out the yummy stuff!  I think that time speeds up and passes more quickly every day.   It’s hard for me to believe that four months have already gone by since Eden was born!!  I think I’ll go get her up from her nap a bit early today, so we can just sit and snuggle in the rocking chair…