Mairin's Staying Busy

While the big kids are at school these days, full time, Mairin has been keeping busy with her own activities and friendships.

She is still swimming once a week and getting closer to passing the LeapFrog level that she has been working on this year.  She loves her instructor, Leah, and loves to swim.

Visiting with baby Finley.  She loves her squishy cousin.

                      

Mairin got to meet her teacher, Mrs. Sweress, and check out the Red Room.  They practiced the school drop off line, peeked into their classroom and then we met them on the playground to visit with the other parents, chat with the teacher and let the kids interact.  Her teacher is very sweet and there are only 7 kids in her class so she will have a great year and get lots of instruction.

                    

Mairin also started ballet with her friend, Claire.  She has been SO excited to start dance class.  We originally had her signed up at Dublin Dance where Quinn first started dance but they were requiring masks of the toddlers so I switched her over to Columbus Dance Arts Academy and she loves it so far.  It's a small group of 3 year olds and she gets to wiggle around on Thursday afternoons for a half hour.  It keeps her busy and happy and I love that she has the opportunity to socialize with other girls her age.

We met Tricia and her youngest, Lainey, at the zoo.  It was a beautiful morning and the girls had fun looking at the animals and running around.  We even fed the giraffes that day.  It's so nice to have Tricia so close so the girls can get to know each other as they grow up.  Just like Tricia and I did.

                          

I used to LOVE taking the big kids to go apple picking.  I even would pull them out of school for a half day and we would go.  Due to the pandemic and missing so much school, I opted to keep them there this year but Mairin and I went to grab up the Honeycrisp before they were all picked over during the weekend.  It was another beautiful September afternoon.  Mairin loved picking the best looking apples and then had a blast playing in the kids' area.