It's summer and swimming time

It's offically summer. Ryan keeps saying "It's summer time!" I love this time of year b/c I can relax and get my tan on while she plays and has a great time.

 

Last weekend Hay Hay and I took Ryan to Jack Carter...our favorite spot. It has the slide side with sprays and it's the perfect amount of water, shallow wise.

 

But then, there is the big pool. At the end of last summer I took her to the big pool without her lifejacket. It has a huge part where all the little ones can touch. She loved being so independent. She would tell me to move over or that she needed room.

At 3 years old, I wasn't really comfortable with that.

 

Well, this summer came along and do you think she forgot about the big pool? NOPE!! We stayed on the "kid/slide" side for a few hours and then moved to the big pool with some of Ryan's friends that we saw.

 

Once her friends were jumping off the side of the pool, she wanted to. However, it took her a few times to jump to Hayley's arms, then holding Hayley's hands and then on her own. She jumped so many times I lost count. I have a fish on my hands. Swimming lessons are a must. I just feel though that summer has already started and that I can teach her just as much. So we will see.

 

Oh and I LOVE how she swam all last summer and the times we have gone this summer with a hat. Her little blonde hair is so light that she gets red on her head. She wears that hat and wears it well.

 

 

Ryan is in gymnastics without Coop now. They have so much going on in the summer that it just doesn't work out for them. It's good in a way (no offense Heather) but she can concentrate more. She and Cooper love each other so much that they just want to play with each other. She did really good last night. She helped a little girl do a somersault and showed her the ropes. Such a good little teacher.

 

She is going to be a great big sister.

Phillip went shopping for Ryan before my work trip. He did a fantastic job. She looks so cute in her little glittery cutoffs. 

I love this face. But she did a cheerleading move b/c when I put her hair in a high ponytail, she said she looked like a cheerleader.