What is so dang fascinating about nipples??

So I took Lola to Wednesday night swimming lessons, as usual. The other little girl was gone that day so Lola had a private lesson. This is really good for her because she doesn't have any time to screw around and get in trouble with her arch nemesis, "Mean Lifeguard Man". He made her sit in time out once and she has not forgiven him yet.

Anyway, she was right in the middle of her lesson, actually listening to Teacher Ralph, when suddenly she whispers something to him.

Teacher Ralph looks at me and cracks up. This can't be good.

"What did she say?" I ask, tentatively.

"Mommy has those too!" he answered, laughing and pointing at his nipples.

Oh Lord, give me the strength....

Then she proceeded to inform Teacher Ralph not to worry, that she too would one day have big ones like Mommy.

Wow.

Well, except for wanting to shrivel up and die of embarrassment, Lola's lesson went really well. She has officially passed all of the criteria for moving up to the next level, which is great, considering how afraid she was of putting her face in the water in September. I guess suffering through the nipple comments might be worth it after all.

As a reward for listening so well, Teacher Ralph let Lola go in the "Big Pool" and jump off the starting docks that the real swimmers use. She jumped in holding his hand the first time, and came up sputtering "Let's do it again Teacher Ralph!!!"

She then jumped several more times all by herself! Amazing!

Rowan has nearly given up allowing me to feed him baby food from a jar. He wants real food, and lots of it! Here is a picture of him eating my peas from my plate after he had already eaten his own dinner and part of Daddy's. He had crawled up my leg begging for a pea like a little puppy!

Here is my other veggie loving kid (well, depends on the veggie, the bigger and more choke inducing the better as far as she is concerned) devouring an enormous carrot.

We finally had to lower Rowan's crib to the lowest level, since he has decided that standing is cool enough to continue doing. Lola put on her little tool belt and helped Daddy fix the crib. What a help!

Thanksgiving was great. We packed up and drove to the nearby casino Thanksgiving buffet. The food was absolutely wonderful! The best part was the huge and never ending platter of crab claws. Lola thought these made awesome puppets and entertained herself for quite awhile clicking the little claws together.

Now, I just need to find the time to roto rooter Lola's bedroom in preparation for the onslaught of Christmas toys!