Little Fish

i have no idea where i left off from catching up last time but here we go again! allison and i just finished a 7 wedding sprint over 5 weeks before her maternity leave. needless to say, i had to let a few things go: mainly laundry and blogging. ;-) so i'll start going backwards and see how far we get before i have to play catch up again!

saturday i came home to one sick baby, 5 days later we had two sick babies, and 2 days after that a sick big girl...all while paul was at training in atlanta.

my thoughts from the week: 1.) i am more than ever thankful for my husband! 2.) i am also super thankful for my mom. 3.) i need at least one additional lap and 2-3 additional arms. 4.) a five day fever virus followed by ear infections x2 might be worse than a 24 hour stomach bug, but the verdict is still out. 5) i am more than ever thankful for my husband and that he's home!!!

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We did one week of swimming lessons with addie this year. she had so much fun, and needless to say there were significantly fewer tears than last year! in fact, there were none at all! she would plop down on the bench and talk mrs. karen's ear off!
they did lots of practicing... which was clearly hard work! but made for a happy swimmer! they practiced floating on their backs with helpand with little help!

and swam through hoops...
this little girl loved being in the water, and she paid careful attention to her teachers as she waited her turn......except for when she was waiting patiently by going underwater and shooting up like a rocket! what i love about how these lessons are done is that each child has a one on one time with the teacher while the other kids practice with the assistants. she takes each child where they are and pushes them farther. this year they practiced "diving" off the side and while jumping off the diving board and swimming to the side was part of last year, this year mrs. karen waited by the ladder for miss addie instead of having to hold her hand while she jumped!
which not only certifies mrs. karen as an excellent swim instructor, but also a miracle worker!

Here's a quick clip of addie jumping off the diving board last year...
...to This Year: thank you mrs. karen for a wonderful week of learning and fun!