Cannonball

I'm off work today, so I went with Sophie to her swimming lesson. At the end they had a Cannonball contest and Sophie was so proud that she finally took the crown from Jefferson, a boy who usually wins this honor!

Swimming

Probably our last time swimming this summer. Sophie truly enjoys getting into the water and it's hard to get her to get out. Max likes it, but doesn't relaly want to try swimming yet. Henry on the other hand is starting to follow his sisters footsteps. After a few minutes of being afraid, he did get into the water and was swimming (doggy paddle style) the whole time. Max eventually got into the water, while holding on to me.

Sophie's first swim meet

Sophie has been taking swimming lessons again this summer. She did pretty good last year, but they were really just beginner's lessons. This year she is part of a swim team, the "Pacers" and she has swimming lessons four times a week for one hour. She is quite good at the backstroke, and does ok on the other's. She hasn't quite figured out yet how to exhale under water, but once she has that down, you better watch out, because she will be a strong swimmer.

Most importantly she enjoyes swimming and has a lot of fun. She is excited to show us her newest skills and always looks forward to her next lesson, although she sometimes says she doesn't want to go back the next day, after a particular hard practice.



This Saturday she had her first swim meet. That's Pacer talk for a swim competition. Elizabeth stayed home with the boys, since they were still a little sickly and I took Sophie. She was quite excited. It was a humbling experience for me to hear her say how much fun she had and that she enjoyed the competition, although she was last in the butterfly contest and placed 8th out of nine in the backstroke. Her words were: "I did my best, Daddy and I had fun!"

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The boys started it!

Henry was the first one to get sick. At first he had the pink eye, then a cold, which turned into a cough within a few days. Max caught it, I caught it, then Sophie and lastly Elizabeth. You can probably imagine that the last week or so wasn't a whole lot of fun at our house. We even stayed home from church on Sunday.

Sophie still enjoys her daily swimming lessons. I haven't been able to see her since the first day of her lessons, but Elizabeth says Sophie has made a lot of progress.

Elizabeth takes Sophie to her lessons every morning along with the boys. She told me the boys, especially Max love to flirt and smile at the other mothers there.