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Category Archives: Swimming
Post-swim lesson playtime
Katie’s a Shark 2!
We thought she was a Turtle 2 for the last while… But turns out she was a Shark 1, so today she graduated to Shark 2! So now we have two Shark 2 swimmers!
Back at swim lessons!
Our two fishes are back to swim lessons at British Swim School! We are so happy we discovered BSS back in Virginia when they were just babes!
Last time at Mark’s!
Last time the kids went swimming at Mark’s!
Owen swimming under the dock.
Last time in Mark’s hot tub.
Katie, Owen & Papa on the raft!
Owen got to go out to the raft with Tom last year (he is a strong enough swimmer to go on his own, but Tom went since it was a new experience). So we assured everyone he would be okay to by himself this year, but Katie wanted to go this year, too, so Papa had to join!
Gabby’s Graduation!
Gramma and Grandpa were headed to Gabby’s graduation party on Moccasin Lake in the U.P. (near Munising) so it was a perfect time to make the transfer. They got to spend the day with their cousins and had a great time!
Owen’s first raft ride behind a Jet Ski!
Waiting patiently.
First time in a hotel with them. We were tired enough, we all slept!Back to the lake again!
The kids had such a great time Gramma and Grandpa took them back again!
Taking a break in lessons
The kids are swimming again!
The kids were super excited to get back to the pool! They haven’t been in lessons in over a year, but they both got right back into it like pros.
Katie’s such a good swimmer!
No one else showed up today so she had the instructor all to herself… She was done with her lesson when I challenged her to swim the length of the pool.
And showing off her mermaid moves…
Play time afterwards…
Two kids, two instructors!
When no one else shows up for their lessons and both kids get one-on-one instruction at the same time… 🙌🏻
Katie is now a Shark!
After three years away from lessons, she leveled up after just a handful of lessons!
BSS then and now
A Facebook memory popped up that three years ago my kids were at British Swim School in Woodbridge, VA. Guess where they are tonight? 🏊♀️🏊🏻♂️
This is seriously my lazy Sunday face.
👉🏻CCTM
👉🏻brows
👉🏻Juicy Cherry gloss
That’s it, the end. That said, I now feel sooooo naked without the volume intense mascara!! But we only had swim lessons today so I didn’t need my normal face.
They’re both back at it!
Swim lessons started again today! They’ve both been asking me, and their lesson times finally backed up to one another, so it was time! They both needed a tiny bit of practice since they haven’t had lessons in over two years, but the instructor said they did really well!
This is Katie annoyed with the world because she couldn’t get her hair under her cap by herself but she refused to try and wouldn’t ask for (or let me) help. ARE WE HAVING FUN YET?
Owen’s bucket list: the raft!
Owen really wanted to go out to the raft in the middle of the harbor but Grannie and Papa were afraid to let him do it on his own because they wouldn’t be able to help him at all. I wouldn’t have had a problem with him going but they wanted to wait until Tom was there. Tom did agree to go out with him…even knowing full well that it was freezing cold water. So here is their experience.
Tom was ready to stop right here—that water is COLD—but he agreed, so…
We had one happy boy!!
And one cold daddy.
Who deserved a beer!
Swimming with Papa
A quick trip next door to go swimming off the dock…
Katie didn’t feel like swimming today.
I left them there and went home. Imagine my surprise when I looked out and saw this:
So I ran out to get a better pic, though he was still pretty far out.
First ever grandparent camp!!
Since we live so close to family now…and the kids are getting older and more self-sufficient, we thought it was time to let them stay for a long visit with the grandparents! As scheduling happened to work out, we went to Michigan for our family Christmas and then left the kids there…and then Gramma Jean and Grandpa David would drive up to meet Papa and Grannie Lin to hand off the kids…and then we’d eventually drive up to the UP to pick them up. They would be gone a total of 19 days, 12 of which they were completely without us. Needless to say we were all looking forward to it…the grandparents were excited about having the kids, the kids were excited about fun with the grandparents, and we were excited to have some alone time and general peace and quiet.
Here are the pics from some of the adventures they had with Gramma Jean and Grandpa David!
Lake Margarethe – of course they made fast friends with other kids who where there!
We’ll miss Micah!
The kids’ swim instructor is moving so today was his last day. We will miss him lots—he was really good with both kids and really pushed Owen.
Two little fishes getting ready to swim!
A future Olympian?!
Kids making faces on each other in the pool
Fun at swim lessons
Owen might be on a swim team!
Before Owen’s lesson, his instructor came and told us he was going to be testing Owen to see how he’d do on a swim team. He’s trying to get a local team together and he thought Owen was ready. As far as Owen knew, he was just practicing. 🙂
After, the instructor told us he thought he was definitely ready…so he’ll let us know if and when he gets a team together. (They have a team right now but it’s 30-45 minutes away from home so we’re not about to do that.)
We told Owen the news on the way home and his was his reaction:
No, she’s not trying to drown him. Or vice versa.
It’s just them playing before their swim lessons!
Owen is a Shark 2!
This is the first thing I saw when I turned my phone on after my plane landed!! Owen graduated to Shark 2!! He’s been a Shark for just over a year and he tested last week and didn’t quite make it, so of course the week I’m out of town is when he does it! Stinker!
Waiting for lessons
They didn’t mind swim lessons being postponed 30 minutes.
They ALWAYS ask to play these video games at the rec center when we go for swim lessons, but we never have time. Today, the pool chemicals were off and they postponed lessons for 30 minutes…so the kids finally had time to play!
Katie’s twirling pool jumps
She loves jumping! Today she started doing twirl jumps!
