Good-bye Summer, You Were Good to Us

This summer has been my favorite yet. The kids are older, more independent and, honestly, more fun! They have both grown so much this summer, both physically and mentally. One place I really saw it was at the pool.

The local swim club is right down the road from us, but we always passed on getting a membership. This year, we decided to splurge, and let me tell you, it was worth every penny! We were there almost every one of my days off, and Mike took the kids on the days I worked.

Take the picture so we can get in!

$.10 lolly pops at the pool. A favorite during adult swim.

The Worm went from clinging to my side in the shallow area to swimming the width of the pool in the deep end, without any help. She jumps right in without a worry from either of us. She kind of owned the pool, haha. Her last challenge is the diving board. As much as she wanted to do it, she never did. She still has a week before the pool closes for the year!

Look out below!

Bathing beauty. It's hard to take pictures when you are alone at the pool with the kids!

Now, this is the life!

The Pear is absolutely fearless when it comes to the water. He just throws himself off the edge, thinks it's hilarious when Mike throws him (they call it water bomb) and thinks it's fun to go underwater. He's not quite tall enough to touch in the shallow end yet, but I think he might be there by next summer. Funny how the kid HATED baths and would just scream and scream for the first 15 months of his life and is just a real fish in the pool.

Too cool for the pool.

He obviously enjoys himself there.

One last picture that has nothing to do with this post. :) Taylor needed a picture of the family for her class, so we set up this self-timer shot Saturday night after church. It's a little blurry, but it actually has us all in it, even Champ!

Until next time,

Mommy Kel