Swimming

This past summer it was pretty hot, although not as hot as we expected. Either way, we swam about 3 times per week. We would head out shortly after breakfast and swim for about 2 hours.

At first the kids were somewhat timid, especially the littles. But after a few weeks, the fun began. First it was just taking cool pictures with a vintage camera app on my iPhone ...

Then the girls got more creative. Of course their games were inspired by the Summer Olympic Games. I observed some pretty great synchronized swimming routines ...

The littles became very comfortable in the water as well. The girls would take them one at a time, without their floaties, and let them dive for rings. They started swimming underwater more and spent more time under water than above. Indy would go underwater and pretend she was a mermaid or dolphin and forget to get the diving ring. Seth would swim quite a distance, picking up two or three rings at a time. Brig would let me put him on his back and float around with his eyes closed.

Our last day of swimming the girls were busy with other things, Brig was napping, so I just took the other two. It was a perfect day. We had the pool to ourselves. The pool was the perfect temperature and we all had the perfect temperament. I took each one separately and let them swim to their hearts content. Aaahhh, it was hard to see the pool close for the season. Good times!

The End ....

Christene