Swim Lessons

Swim lessons ended last week, and I am very pleased with how they went. Ben especially learned a lot. He can now hold his breath and move his arms and legs at the same time. That is major progress. As a reward for doing so well, his Mimi bought him some super cool goggles, which he loves. He is the king of the pool now. He even swam (supervised, but unhelped) in the whirlpool at the Pavilion. This is a part of the pool where the water swirls in a circular motion, and he had only been in it clinging to mommy's neck. I can't believe how far he has come in the past month. Next, he wants to take Level 2 lessons so he can learn to dive for "torpedoes" in the bottom of the pool. Hopefully we will make time to swim this fall so he can keep up his skills.

B showing off his skills

Will has a love/hate relationship with his goggles. He wants to wear them, but he is constantly complaining about them. He also learned a lot in his lessons. He will now jump from the side (holding someone's hands) and voluntarily put his head in and blow bubbles. A couple of months ago he would only play in the one foot water, so this is progress!

Last, but not least, Kate's accomplishments. Her Letter arrived at our house on Friday. We were so excited that we signed it, made copies, and rushed off to Lexington to return them to our agency before they closed for the day. When we got to AHH, we realized that we had left the originals sitting on top of the printer. Oops. I said it was kind of like being in labor and rushing off the hospital. You are so excited that you forget all of the things that you had planned to do. Oh well. We turned in the papers later, and everything is now on its way to China. Yay!

Poor delivery guy probably thought I was nuts, but when I explained why I had a camera in my hand, he congratulated me and held up the package for a photo op.