Well Addie is, at least. Emma? I had to practically drag the girl out of the pool by her hair this afternoon. I really think she has gills. So, a few more pool photos, if you can stand it. I’m sure it won’t be the last of them, although it might be if Addie has any say in it.
“Is this day my last day of swimming with Miss Carrie, Mama?”
I kid you not, those were her very first words out of her mouth this morning, before “G’ Mowrning, Mama,” even. (Which she always starts the morning cuddle with.) She just got so nerved up and anxious during her swim lessons – but she can actually swim very well. When she is relaxed and messing around, she is just fine. But get her in those lessons, where she is being told what to do…yeah, that doesn’t go down so well.
The very last time she climbed out of Miss Carrie’s pool today. Can you see the teeny, tiny smile?
Meanwhile, I don’t think I got any real photos of Em this afternoon. She came up once for air and I got this one, and I caught maybe one off of the diving board. The rest of the time I could just see flashes of hot pink and black.
She was promoted to the Strokes class for next cycle. I was going to take the next 2 weeks off, but how can I deny her such great (cheap!) exercise and fun? Plus she wants to join the swim team with the kids across the street next year, so we need to work on some form.
So, for at least another 2 weeks, our laundry room is going to continue to look like a swim locker room.
Right now I’m off to go take a break from swimming for a date night and J. and I are going to see Harry Potter! Very excited. And then tomorrow you can find us in the pool again. And Sunday? We have a date with the neighbors…and their pool.
Aaaaah. Idyllic. Sun, pools, little girls in hot pink and Harry Potter for good measure
Hawaii was nice but this is practically perfect. To tell the truth, I was a little like Addie as a kid. Actually, only a reeeeally little bit because I didn’t manage the ‘swimming quite well when relaxed’ thing. But we certainly shared a dislike for swimming classes 
Every year my parents put me through the government funded ‘Learn To Swim’ campaign and every year I failed to put my head in the water for any length of time. Eventually I could put my head in but I could never do that stupid breathing thing you have to do for freestyle. Eventually they sent me to a 1:1 private lesson when I was about 11 and for about one year I was able to do freestyle. The I stopped and I’ve never done it since. Let’s hope Addie is a better stayer than I was 
Good on Em though. Swim Team eh? SO impressive 
I do see the smile….that cheeky lil girl! Cute shot of Em…sounds like me when I was younger, sun up to sun down in the pool. Glad to hear about the GS troop…I think you’d be a great leader! Have a great date (and it’s even Friday!) with your hubbie!
PS-I keep forgetting to find you on FB…I’ll send a friend request later today.
The laundry room, I think that is what they all look like right now.
There’s really no better way to lounge a summer day away than sitting by, or swimming in, the pool. When we were in Germany I really missed the beach (there weren’t many) and we became addicted to pools- only they had mostly inside ones. Here, we’re at the outdoor pool on base every weekend. And, hopefully next summer we can put in an above-ground pool at our house. That’d be too sweet!
Love the “locker room!” Hehehe! I feel a bit badly that we’ve hardly been to the pool at all this summer!
Oh my goodness, that picture of Addie crawling out of the pool. As I was scrolling down the picture was slowly loading and if it hadn’t been for those curls I would have thought I was looking at Em !
I love the way Addie’s banged are so perfectly splayed about her forehead. Oh, and I for one love your summery posts!