Small Town Living
Today the girls had their last day of swimming. It has been a beautiful week and the girls have loved going every morning. I am more and more thankful for the location where we live. Gymnastics lessons are a block away, school is but ten minutes, daycare is five minutes and swimming is a ten minute walk. We live in such a neat American small town.
Riley rode her bike to lessons while I pushed Julia in the stroller. The girls loved it. Both had a great time in the pool and worked on some skills that I hope will help the rest of the summer.
Julia still has NO fear!! They put a platform into the water for the kids to stand on. Julia had more fun climbing on the three bars on the side of the platform than doing anything else I think! She would climb to the top over and over despite being told to stand on the platform. She just smiled huge and would wave to me. Her teacher made sure she was between the two sides today and not on the open side after her stunts yesterday.
Her instructor would take one child at a time while the other kids worked on their kicks or blowing bubbles in the water or things like that. As the instructor took Riley out to work on kicking and moving arms while on her back, Julia decided she was ready to go too and just jumped off the platform in the water to where it was just open water. The instructor saw her and helped her back on the platform and told her to stay there. Julia just laughed and smiled. Riley jumped to the instructor and Julia jumped out again. And again the instructor had to help her back on. This time Julia stayed, but the moment Riley let go so she could stand in the water again, Julia jumped onto the instructor's shoulders.
We rode the bikes/pushed sthe stroller back to our home. Riley loved to yell out "Woo hooooo!!!!" as she rode. Julia often yelled out "Riley!!!! You go so fast!"
Riley rode her bike to lessons while I pushed Julia in the stroller. The girls loved it. Both had a great time in the pool and worked on some skills that I hope will help the rest of the summer.
Julia still has NO fear!! They put a platform into the water for the kids to stand on. Julia had more fun climbing on the three bars on the side of the platform than doing anything else I think! She would climb to the top over and over despite being told to stand on the platform. She just smiled huge and would wave to me. Her teacher made sure she was between the two sides today and not on the open side after her stunts yesterday.
Her instructor would take one child at a time while the other kids worked on their kicks or blowing bubbles in the water or things like that. As the instructor took Riley out to work on kicking and moving arms while on her back, Julia decided she was ready to go too and just jumped off the platform in the water to where it was just open water. The instructor saw her and helped her back on the platform and told her to stay there. Julia just laughed and smiled. Riley jumped to the instructor and Julia jumped out again. And again the instructor had to help her back on. This time Julia stayed, but the moment Riley let go so she could stand in the water again, Julia jumped onto the instructor's shoulders.
We rode the bikes/pushed sthe stroller back to our home. Riley loved to yell out "Woo hooooo!!!!" as she rode. Julia often yelled out "Riley!!!! You go so fast!"
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