Swimmy swimmy swim

I love seeing my kids swimming and enjoying it!  Abby and Sophie finished up their swimming lessons and both passed on to the next level up.  Abby is working on the different strokes - it's kind of painful to watch.  Sophie mostly gets to play and have the teacher float her in the water so far.  The next level should be more intensive for her.  I really need to get in the pool and work with Abby so she can have the different movements *click* for her.  (The rhythm is tricky to get, but once you do it's MUCH easier!)  Here's some pics of them.  I didn't get anything fabulous because I was trying to be inconspicuous and also not lose Alice in the process.

 

I had to sneak an Alice shot in.

 

One day Abby will care how her hair looks in pictures - that day is NOT any time soon.  :)

 

She may not know how to swim - but she feels VERY comfortable in the water now

So happy for Summertime!

I'm SO glad it's finally warm!  Summer around here is pretty fun - and really beautiful right now.  Here's my little buddy at swimming lessons with me.  (I'll get pictures of Sophie and Abby swimming on another day.)

Last day of 1st Grade

Abby finished 1st grade today.  The school day lasted a whole hour and a half!  She's been home for about an hour and already she said she misses the kids from school.  I hope that isn't foreshadowing for how this summer goes.  Abby will need to get used to our humdrum lifestyle here at home.  At least Sophie won't be sad that she has nobody to play with for most of the day.

Abby had an excellent teacher this year, hopefully next year's teacher will be just as good - if not better.

End of Soccer!!

Okay, so soccer really ended about a month ago - but I just pulled the pictures off the camera.  Lazy!!  The weather was pretty miserable this year for soccer, so we didn't have a very enjoyable time at the games.  I think there were about two games with decent weather.  Maybe two.  Anyway, here are a few pictures to help us remember the season.

Abby kicked the ball!!

Abby looks pretty hard core since her wrist is wrapped - but that was from a tragic falling all the way down the stairs accident rather than a soccer injury.

Go White Lightning!

Papa and Gigi helped provide distractions for Sophie and Alice during some games.

Alice loves the attention of the "big" kids.  Thanks Brock!