today was Skye's last day of summer school. and all summer long, she has been working on the monkey bars, trying to get all the way across. every day, when i picked her up, she'd say, "let me show you - i can get all the way across!" and every day, she'd drop down to the ground in the middle and i'd say, "maybe next time?" today, Skye was determined to show me. the first few times, she dropped in the middle. and then, she did it and i got to see her finally! her teacher got to see it and some of her friends and their parents all got to see her and we all clapped for her! it was great! Skye was all smiles and thrilled to have conquered the monkey bars.
meanwhile, Claire and i have been taking parent/toddler swim lessons while Skye was in her swim lesson. Claire is the youngest in the class - the rest of her classmates are all a year or older. i have been trying to teach her to hold her breath before i dunk her in the water. for those of you familiar with teaching infants to swim, you'll know that babies automatically hold their breath if you blow in their faces (that's why Claire often stopped breathing in the winter time whenever we went out and the wind blew in her face). today, for the first time, she recovered pretty quickly after i dunked her. she usually gets upset/annoyed and comes up sputtering, but today, she sputtered a little, but then was ok.
i was really proud of both my girls today. monkey bars and swimming are all important things. even i remember how important they were when i was growing up!
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Go, Skye and Claire! See you in a few days. I can't wait to see you all!
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