Wednesday was a great day at the pool. More and more of the children are beginning to really get into the water and try to swim. The first step of course is putting heads under the water. This is very scary for children, and they have to practice and practice. Right now, all but about five children are afraid to go under. Phoebe is our swimmer of the week. She's three and can go under and stay under until she's darned ready to come up!
So far, Madison, Jasmin, Dawson, Adyson, Dhezmond, Jack, Morgan S, Hannah, Aidan, and Alexis D have graduated to the big pool. I tried to get Adyson to jump into the deep end, but he's still a little nervous. I'll give him another week, and we'll see what he wants to do.
Yesterday we worked with Master Gardeners all morning on the garden and it looks beautiful. India got the Gardener's Award for best service - she's two! Please check out the gardens!
In the afternoon, Mrs. St. Louis did and art lesson with the kids, and we had pizza for lunch and went out and got soaked with squirt guns. It was so dry, the kids dried off right away.
Today we are off the the zoo. At 5:45 as I write this, it looks questionable. If it clears, we'll stop at Price Park for lunch and a run.
Next week we will go over the the Freedom Festival and then out to the air show at the airport. The kids always love this. We'll try to take in some ice cream if it's hot. Sometimes when you buy ice cream for kids on a long hot field trip, they won't eat it. I can remember a lot of times when we threw away as much as we bought, and so we stopped doing it. Last week we stopped in Mount Vernon and the kids loved it, so once again it's a go.
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