Well, it’s been just over a week since Emma started her swimming lessons. The first week was rough… really rough. Thankfully, she is doing much better this week! It’s still not perfect – she says she is scared frequently, but she will now do most of what she is asked. Every single day she asks if she can go, so I don’t think she’s as ‘scared’ as she says. Here’s a little clip of her in the pool. We’ve got to get her actually kicking her legs, but at least she isn’t crying the whole time! Any improvement is good!
Lennard was NOT impressed to come downstairs and find Emma dressing Ben up! Ben was thrilled… they were going to a ball!
He was so proud of his dress and shoes… I was just happy to get a picture of it (aka: blackmail)! I thought it was hilarious. Let’s just say he didn’t stay in this outfit for very long! ha! ha!
On a side note… I love seeing Lennard read to Ben each night. What a good daddy!
There are moments when you just have to laugh at the imaginations that kids have. We’ve been working on getting the laundry room done and when we came out, we found these two… “We’re having a picnic, mom!”
I don’t know, Ben… I think you might be able to fit more in!
Today was Emma’s first day of swimming lessons! She was so excited to get to go swimming… until she had to try to get her face anywhere near the water. To say that she freaked out would be a bit of an understatement. It made me question whether or not I should have put her in to lessons quite yet. She is the youngest in her class and definitely did not enjoy it today. The teacher, Talia, is only 17, but I was quite impressed with how well she dealt with Emma. I guess only time will tell if it’s going to get better for her. I hope it does!
This was the first part of the class… the second half didn’t go so well…
This afternoon, Emma had a play date with her little friend, Vienna. It was quite entertaining to watch as they played… hard! They are both quite strong willed, so there were a few bumps. Three year olds definitely have a lot more energy than I do!
First item of business was to dress up! According to Emma they had to ‘go to the ball’. Vienna made sure that Emma ate her ‘dinner’ first though! I had to laugh seeing the princess playing with the tool table.
Next, they got to explore their artistic sides and finger paint! Though it only lasted about 10 minutes, they sure had fun.
Then it was time for dinner. They each got to roll out their own pizza dough (with a little help) and then make their own pizza. Emma ate more of the toppings before they made it on to the pizza, but after some coaxing, some went on the pizza too.
After dinner, they played downstairs, watched a movie and had some fun playing the drums and singing in the microphone. Overall a very fun afternoon/evening for them… and now this mommy is heading to bed!
I came downstairs to find out what the kids were doing and this is what I found… Ben chillin’ on the floor and Emma nicely tucked into the recliner. At least they weren’t destroying anything!
