Swimming lessons again tonight. Since we paid for them, might as well finished, especially for Hanna. But we go too so we can stay after for open swimming, and that's where John really excels. He can practically swim! He can motor around and he kicks his legs, and swims with one arm. He does kinda leave the other arm still, so we gotta work on coordinating both arms, but he's doing so well. He looks cute just paddling and kicking away.

Santa came down our street last night! He came by on a fire engine. They've been going through neighborhoods around Blaine, last night was our turn. They blasted the horn, and gave candy canes to kids who came out. Last year John was quite scared when they hit the sirens, but was fine this year. Hanna was scared at first, but I held her and saw that Maya, the neighbor girl, was out too, so after that she was fine.

Then, we went inside and watched Rudolph. John really likes it. Hanna doesn't sit still for all of it. John likes it when the scary snow monster comes out and chases everybody.