Starfish Class

A few weeks ago, Mia started her first swimming class, and she loves it! She's learning to float on her back, kick, blow bubbles and put her face under water. She's getting a little more confident every week. :-)

Here she is showing off her kicking skills!

Your Favorite Shirt

Dear Mia,

This is your favorite shirt in the whole wide world. You love it so much, you want to wear it even if it is 40F degrees outside or even if it has dried oatmeal on it. We have to wash it ALL THE TIME. When I take it out of the dryer and announce that is clean, you come running and yell "S.J. Mini is clean?! Thank you! Thank you!" The shirt was a gift from Yumiko in Osaka. We don't know what "S.J. Mini Kansas" stands for in Japan, but in Portland, Oregon, it means "joy."