Just Keep Swimming

Swim lessons for this year started for Con right after the fourth. And Bella started swim lessons this year too. Connors were for a full month and Bella's were every other week of that month. 

Connor was excited to start swim lessons this year and didn't even care about wearing his goggles, and the girls gladly watched ... on occasion :)

The weeks Bella didn't have swim class we played at the park next door and had lots of 90-100 degrees of hot and sweaty fun. These silly girls love to play even in the hot hot heat. 

This Sydney girl loves the swings and loves to go higher higher!

This Bella girl loves the seesaw and would keep an eye out for anyone willing, Sydney was very nervous on it and here you can see her tense little body SO scared to fall she wont even look at me to smile, most times she screams if I'm not standing behind her to "help".

Piper loved the stroller and was super awesome and on occasion she did get enough but for the most part she basked in her new found big girl seat. 

We were prepared... most days and to combat the heat we had plenty of water, and crackers to snack on. 

 Bella was an amzing listener and I never had to worry about her, it was fantastic. Sydney on the other hand... well she is 2 I'll give her that.

A few days were too hot, and Mom wasn't up for that 100+ heat, so the girls gladly watched movies in the car while the AC blew proudly in our faces. Heavenly.

Finally it was Bella's turn, she was quite the swimmer and was itching to start from the get go and every morning she bounced around with excitement ready and anxious.

For Bella's first week Connor and Bella were in back to back for lessons so that meant Connor had some time to play too!

But he wasn't as big of a fan of the heat as the girls and usually asked to sit on the bench or in the car, saying it was too hot to play and he was too tired.

They both loved the last week because they had it at the same time so they got to wait together and wave to each other during their lessons. 

And on the last day of swim classes they were supposed to have fun day together and Connor kept telling Bella all the fun stuff they would do together. So the day began and everyone had fun day except Bella's class that went over and did the "diving board" the entire time. Poor Connor was the sweetest and came and watched and played in the deep pool waiting and waiting to play with her until finally it was over. I warned him at the end from the sidelines so he got a few minutes in to do something else, but my mama heart broke a little as he watched and waited to play when it never happened. 

Connor loved the pool, he never complained about going (okay maybe once), he was a champ and although he still struggled with getting his face/head in the water he did awesome and rocked Session 2 and is ready to rock it again next year. 

Bella was SO excited to be big enough to do what brother was doing and mastered the preschool swim class on the first day pretty much, what can I say maybe she's a natural or maybe mostly everyone was 3, either way she is ready for Session 1 next summer.