Swimming

Claire's always wanting to ride in the wagon and Eli had the bright idea to attach it it his tractor. Which, it might be noted that he is refusing to put the hood back on the tractor and is now calling it his hot rod. Yes, so he spends quite a bit of time watching the Speed channel with my dad! :P

Keith had to take a violin from one school to another and Eli was dying to look at it.


This afternoon we took the kids swimming. Eli's been begging to go swimming since school's been out, but he uses the term "swimming" very loosely. Swimming to him is standing in the water and pushing his water board around. He still has the idea that he can't get his ears wet, so he refuses to put his head in the water. He has swimming lessons in a few weeks, so we'll see how that goes. I hope it isn't a waste of time and money, but we both think it's too important not to try.
Claire wasn't all that sure about it either. She wanted in, then out, then in, then out. We don't have tons of time to take them swimming, so they just don't get all that comfortable with it I guess.

She would cry and then splash her hands in the water and then cry again. She eventually chilled out and seemed to enjoy it. It's only about the 2nd or 3rd time she's been swimming.

Snack time!

Is she cute in her little suit, or what?

Here's a video of Eli pulling Claire. She loves it!