Another banner week in the McPherson household. It marks the first of the Clare’s “lessons.” We signed her up for swimming lessons and had our first class this weekend. I think the class is mostly for the parents – for each parent/child that was in the water there was at least another person (and sometimes two) taking pictures on the side of the pool. In our case, J got in the water with Clare first and I joined them later. Clare was OK about swimming – she was a little overwhelmed by the whole pool/kids/loud/big water thing and she did NOT like getting her face wet. But we certainly enjoyed it! Besides, is there anything cuter than this little bathing beauty? Our friends Steve and Leah and their little guy Grayson are going with us, so every Saturday you’ll find us at the local community center in the pool.

We’re also making progress on the solid food front. Clare chewed on a pear today and didn’t hate it! I also got her to take half a dozen bites of rice cereal before she threw back her head and clenched her lips together. It looks like maybe, just maybe, she will someday eat from a spoon. Good thing too, since we had extra butternut squash today that I pureed up into baby food. Whenever she finally decides to eat it, there is some delicious homemade squash waiting in our freezer for her. The picture below is her with an apple I gave her earlier this week – she wasn’t impressed.