Ellie finished swim lessons last week. She did great and now more readily puts her head underwater and "kicks on the top with supergirl arms!" intermittently. Unfortunately for her (and her teacher) Ellie wore her swim vest a too long and became overly comfortable in the 'vertical' position, which her teacher explained makes it more difficult to retrain her body to go horizontal for swimming. This was worsened by the fact that she realized about halfway through lessons that she is tall enough to walk in the shallow end. Her cautiousness naturally leads her to walk around the p
ool instead of trying to swim across it. We will keep practicing and there's always next summer...Clark is transitioning from newborn to baby. With every little change, I get nostalgic. I cried a little putting away his newborn clothes that no longer fit. It's as if I look at Ellie and realize he will be 4 practically overnight. He loves to watch Ellie and even his toys now. He still doesn't like the car seat, but he's mellowing a little. He loves his big sister and she loves him. Here they are having some quality "tummy time"
