It's that time again - swimming lessons! I guess technically swimming lessons are available year 'round, but for me it's always been a summer activity.
We had a tough time with G in swimming lessons last summer, but he's super excited about them this summer. In fact, he told me he already knows how to swim :) I assured him that there was much more to learn.
Ellie has no idea what's ahead of her, but she was definitely interested in the swimming suits we tried on. So this is what they looked like after dinner and before leaving for our first night of lessons....
(Quick note here to my mother and anyone else that's concerned - we have a haircut appointment set for Graham for next Thursday. Poor kid won't be able to see if this goes on much longer!)
It was no easy task getting them fed, dressed and packed up, then out the door to get to the pool on time...but we did it! We were met there by Pa-Paw, Grandma Chery, and Wil - quite a crew for the first night! I got in the pool with Ellie - she had both happy and nervous moments...I think she'll be fine after a few more lesson nights. Graham did great - there were only a few kids in his class and as far as I can tell he was doing everything the instructor asked him to do. The lessons are a 1/2 hour, but it went by quickly. I brought pjs for the kids to change into after (lessons are done at 6:30 so I figured it would save a step when we got home to already be in pjs - thanks for the idea Auntie Carrie!) and they both fell asleep minutes after going to bed.
Chery took some pictures at the pool, but I haven't pulled them off of Snapfish yet - I'm sure I'll have more pictures as we go along.
It's lesson night again tonight, but Graham came down with some sort of nasty bug yesterday afternoon. He was sick during the night and has been working on getting better today. He's definitely improving, but not ready to get back in the water. Luckily he doesn't know he's missing a lesson and we'll just go back again on Monday. Wil has Ellie there though - spending some quality father/daughter time together tonight. I'm hoping G feels better soon 'cause he informed me today that it's no fun being sick. True.
