Dear Summer, please last forever!

We are trying to hang on to the last warm days of summer. It's fun to look at pictures from last summer because you can see how much the kids have grown in one year.  This year Milo has made huge advances in the pool.  He has always been our little fish, but this year he took it to the next level.   

Let's remember that he is 3. . . He can jump off the side into deep water, surface, and swim to the stairs. 

And yes my 3 year old can do a front flip into the pool.  He taught himself.  One day I was at the pool with my mom and she said, "I didn't know he can do a flip?"  I looked over confused.  And sure enough, scared me to death, full on front flip.

This kid is absolutely fearless in the water!  Chris loves it.  Milo makes him so proud every time that we go swimming.  We really get our moneys worth out of the pool.  We usually wait for dad to come home from work, head over, swim, snack, and then it's bed time.  .  .  It's awesome.

Then there is little miss Taya.  She can also jump off the side of the pool. . . and we learned the hard way (when she fell in) that she can also surface.  She loves to go under over and over again. 

This is her being "Ariel".  She'll go ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah in the Little Mermaid way.  She loves to play princesses in the pool.  My favorite is when she learned to call Chris, "You mean witch".  We are also very proud of Tay when she swims, but she's a lot more casual with her swimming.  She and I love to watch the people at the pool, and she is pretty low maintenance-true to character, she just does her thing.  I have to say, Taya's biggest accomplishment is that she learned that it is not okay to poop at the pool.  Kind of a funny thing-several horror stories, but she's figured it out:)

And this is what Crew has accomplished this year at the pool:) 

On his 2 month birthday, we dipped his toes in the pool.  He is kind of a fussy baby, so I expected him to dislike it, but he actually seemed very content. It will be so fun next year to watch him experience swimming for the first time.

I just love summer an unreal amount.  There are so many fun things to do outside when it's not miserably cold!

 

We are going to soak up every ray we can until winter, and then start the countdown to spring again:)