Last Pool Day

Actually, the weather will still be appropriately warm for going to the pool for another couple of months here, but we won't have as much free time after today. School starts tomorrow, and all four will be in school five days a week. Eric will be starting preschool at the same daycare center where Alex went to preschool. We were still in Illinois for Anthony, and Natalie went to PreK at the same school her brothers went to school.

Eric is so close to swimming that with a little more instruction, we're certain that he'll be swimming in circles around us. Patrick has been trying to do a little bit at a time. In the last month or so Eric has been able to float on his back on his own, something Patrick says is key to learning how to swim.

Here Patrick is having him swim with his arms straight out and only kicking his legs. He was able to "swim" back and forth from Patrick to me pretty easily. The best part is that it was all a game to him and he kept wanting to do it over and over again. Once school starts, we've discussed getting him into swim school too. That's how Natalie started swimming when she was in PreK.

Natalie and I had some girl time this morning. I took her to get her nails done at the nail place nearby. I wanted a spa pedicure but they were getting new machines so Natalie was all done getting her fingernails and toenails painted by the time they got around to me.

She was hilarious and annoying at the same time. She talked constantly for at least an hour straight. She herself even talked about how much she was talking and about how she could talk about anything or nothing at all--nonstop. I knew that the lady who was doing my pedicure couldn't speak English very well, but she proved it because when I turned to her and said (about Natalie), "She gets her talking from her daddy", she barely cracked a smile. ;)

Natalie has swim team tryouts on Wednesday. She did a few laps today, which is nowhere near the amount she used to swim on a regular basis, but it was still good. Patrick doesn't want to push her or make her nervous for her tryouts. If she makes it, we'll have pool days for her about three times per week. We'll miss these lazy days like today.