Too Distracted?

So I have had the priviledge of taking Samara to swim lessons last week and this week, finishing up on thursday. She has done so well and I have loved being able to watch her explore and try things that scare her, like putting her head under. But today I looked around at the other moms here and noted that everyone of us was on our phone. It made me sad. Are we so preoccupied that we can't take 30 minutes out of our day to enjoy our children? I know that this time will fly by, yet I still struggle with taking each and every moment in without interruption and with enjoyment.

Distractions aside, Samara did a wonderful job. She now puts her head under, uses a kickboard to swim, and has learned to paddle, back float, and kick! We are pondering signing her up for the next session, but don't want to become one of those parents that has their kids doing too much instead of just enjoying life (Samara wanted to try soccer this fall).

Wow, she is just awesome!

I have a pic of Mara similar to this....

They almost look the same size, but in this one, Mara is almost 4 months old and Nala is 1 month!

Mara at 3 months, looking a lot like Nala above!

Our girls

Mara is very protective of her sister, much to our delight!

The size of a plate that Trav thinks is appropriate for 'the best brownies I have ever had.' And I even made them!

'Camping' for lunch. Mara was watching one of her PBS shows and they were camping, so she decided that she must go camping....so we went camping in the kitchen. Later that night, we read stories by flashlight in her tent in her room. It was a success.