Bowling

This summer I took the kids bowling for the first time. We met up with a friend of Olivia's from Girl Scouts, Katie Kline, and her mom and little brother Ryan. Olivia and Ethan absolutely loved bowling! The guard rails along the gutters were perfect -for them and me. Ethan loved rolling his ball down the ramp too. But by far Ethan thought the best part were the "king shoes" he got to wear. Huh??? So fun! Can't wait to take them again.

Swim Lessons

The summer started off busy with swim lessons every day for two weeks! Olivia was in Level 1 (same as last year) and Ethan was in Pre-Level 1.

Olivia learned so much and improved greatly from last year! Some of the things she learned how to do: head bobs (a very frightening thing for her), blow bubbles from her nose, go down the slide (although she only goes half-way), and jump off the diving board with someone catching her (usually someone had to lower her into the water), kicks and arm strokes (ice cream scoops), and safety with a life vest. We are very proud of her and can't wait to see how much more she can do by the end of summer!












Ethan was such a good listener and followed directions so well, the only problem was that he was miserable and crying the entire time. He just looked so little and hearing him scream and cry to me, "Mommy I need a kleenex...hurry...help...I need you!" or some version thereof just broke my heart! I can completely understand his fear, the water must seem so vast and deep to his small self. So after a couple of days we took him out. He just wasn't ready. We'll try again next year. I think being members and being able to swim a lot will help both Olivia and Ethan become confident swimmers.







I have to say that both kids had the best instructors...patient and encouraging, yet challenged them.


And here is Ethan in the kid pool - he jumps in, dives in, and goes under water for quite a while...and some of Olivia practicing, both kids playing...