We have spent a good portion of our summer in the water. From our Michigan vacation to State Farm Pool to swimming lessons to a pond visit to multiple trips to a friend's pool, we have soaked up the opportunity to have fun, stay cool, and work on our swimming skills.
State Farm Pool is a summer highlight. Briggs loves going down this little water slide. Although he hasn't worked up the courage to jump off the diving boards, he will slide down this water slide over and over and over again.
Adelie has courageously conquered the red water slide and jumping off the diving boards.
Staley has been working hard on perfecting her diving skills.
All three kids took swimming lessons at Miss Lisa's pool again this summer. Staley graduated from the top class and is now an efficient swimmer. Adelie moved up to the intermediate class and can now swim lengths of the pool with both freestyle and elementary backstroke. Briggs can swim underwater and loves diving for things on the bottom of the pool, but is still working on swimming and breathing at the same time.
We attended a small group activity at a friend's pond where the kids had a great time trying out the paddle boards and the paddle boats, jumping off the platform and the dock, going down the water slide, and spending time with friends. While the girls spent most of their evening in the water, Briggs spent a good portion of his time playing in the beach area.
When Zach's parent's neighbors headed to Hawaii for most of the month of July, they offered that we could use their pool while they were gone. We took FULL advantage of the opportunity and spent most of our free days swimming.
Sometimes it was just us or us with grandparents.
Sometimes we brought friends or cousins.
Briggs loved having opportunities to take off his Puddle Jumper and practice his swimming skills. Over our few weeks with lots of pool time, he learned to swim further and further around the pool while figuring out how to breath and then resume swimming. His favorite activity was diving for dive toys.
The girls loved making up imaginary games, jumping in off the side, and working on synchronized swimming routines. They also loved when I would take slow motion videos of them jumping into the pool.
We have spent a good portion of our July in the water.
The kids have gained confidence and improved their swimming skills all while having fun.
Hooray for water fun and summer memories!
