Swimming Lessons

We decided to put the kids in swimming lessons this year. We did the end of the year and it overlapped school by a week. It probably wasn't the best plan because the kids were really tired. The nice thing was Amy was in a class by herself and Parker was with two other little boys. Sometimes their teachers would work together on some things, but it was still a great teacher/student ratio. The place I took them did 2 week swimming lessons in the evenings, which is great for those of us that work. Swimming lessons were from 7-7:30. They both did really well. Amy went from not wanting to put her face in the water to swimming with her head in the water and floating on her back. Parker didn't want to put his face in the water, but by the end he was putting his face in a blowing bubbles. He just need to work on doing the kicking at the same time.

Parker looks a little scared in the picture, but he was really pretty good at doing the floating with his instructor.

Amy floating.

Learning how the swim with life jackets.

Roaring Springs

We had season passes to Roaring Springs this year again. We didn't seem to go as much as we have in the past. Here are a few pictures (mostly of Parker since Amy wasn't in the mood for pictures). Parker's favorite thing to do is to play in the kids area. Amy's favorite is the wave pool and the swimming pool. She loves the waves and jumps right in. I didn't get any good pictures because there are always so many people in the wave pool.

Parker usually sits on the edge of the wave pool and waits for the waves to stop.

I wish I had taken this picture from the other direction. They were both being silly.

First Day of School

Amy and Parker had their first day of school on August 23rd. Amy started Kindergarten and Parker is in preschool. Amy was so excited she woke up at 6:00 and wanted to leave at 7:00.

Parker ended up getting pretty wet trying to brush his own teeth. He always wants to do it by himself in the morning.

They both had a great first day and Amy was excited to have homework. I hope that attitude continues.