Summer Fun

I can hardly believe that there is only 1 week left of our summer before Emily starts school. We've had a fun, relaxing one. Most days were spent playing together at the house, but we did get to go swimming a few times, went to some indoor playgrounds (thank you air conditioning!), had some play dates, and, thanks to grandma, the kids got to go to the zoo on several occasions (the heat & my pregnancy did not mix). Emily also had her first swim lessons earlier in the summer. She loved going to see Mrs. Mary & the one-on-one attention she got. Her favorite parts were doing froggy jumps (pushing off the wall), bugs snakes push-down (learning to swim on her back), using the rainbow kick board, and throwing and practicing swimming to get "diver Dan" (he's pictured below too). She loved it so much that any time we visited a pool or even a water park the rest of the summer she had no interest in using any slides. All she wanted to do was to practice her swimming & blowing her bubbles in the water.