I'm on call tonight and I didn't get a chance to upload any photos (or to even take any), so no pictures today. Patrick and I had a nice lunch at the Lodge Restaurant, which is where we've gone for our anniversary the last couple of years. This is the first time we've been there for lunch and it was very nice. The lunch bill was very reasonable and even less than if we had gone to our another of our favorite restaurants, Paesano's!
Today, Patrick signed Natalie up for another "swim team". We had signed up at the local Jewish Community Center back in September. She had practice there from 4:00-4:50pm on Monday through Thursday, but she didn't go on Mondays because of her piano lessons from 3:45 to 4:30pm. Because we weren't members of the JCC, they didn't sign us up automatically and that meant that our spot was taken for October, so we stopped going. Natalie was a little disappointed at first, but then she said that she didn't want to swim during the winter because it was going to get too cold (the pool was outdoors). Since then, we found that they also had a similar recreational swim team (non-competitive) at the gym that we go to, Lifetime Fitness, and practices are at the indoor pool. We didn't sign her up until today, for various reasons (mostly we needed a break from shuttling kids around). This one is from 5:30-6:30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. There were only about 10-11 kids signed up and only six were there tonight. Patrick thought they gave her some good instruction on her strokes, which is what we were looking for. She doesn't need to compete right now, but she does need some work on improving her strokes. She loves swimming and we don't want her to burn out too early.
The shuttling of kids gets a little more busy again, since Alex has soccer practice at a completely different location at 6-7:30pm. Tonight was even trickier since I was working and Patrick had to do it all by himself. Alex stayed home from soccer tonight for a different reason, though. He has an early field trip to the Renaissance Festival tomorrow and the bus leaves at 5:30am from his school and staying home means he'll get to bed earlier.
On the plus side of this schedule, Patrick got an extra workout while Natalie was swimming. The pool is also open for Family Swim, so in the future, we could even take Eric there at the same time if we want to. Natalie was able to take a shower there too, before heading home. Apparently she enjoyed standing in the warm shower so much that it took her half an hour to take a shower. Meanwhile, Patrick was waiting and wondering what she was doing in the shower for so long!
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