Good Old Fashioned Summer Fun and Swim Lessons....

Hello folks... we have a new past time to add to our backyard adventures...
Slip and Slide!!!!

Addie and Drew fell in love with the slip 'n slide over at Evan and Kate's house last weekend and how most things go with children had to have their own.
We have two downsides to our slip 'n slide.
1) Yard locale~ Addie has discovered that slip and slidin'
helps if you have a hill or slope to place your slide.
and
2) Do not wait to purchase your slip 'n slide this far into summer because the stock is way down and you cannot get a "three lane" slide like Evan and Kate's.

Needless to say we have made due and had some fun. Addie gets a running start... about 20 yards away... runs as fast as she can all to stop at the slide and belly flop down. Her favorite way to get started is for Kyle to fling her down the slide by her ankles.
We tried to send Drew down with Addie a couple of times but the water is just to cold for him.

He likes to do this...

Speed Racer Addie Reese...

After a few runs down the Slip 'n Slide... and when Kyle's arms were tired... we relaxed with the sprinkler. This is the only way you can beat the 95 degree heat that settled in here the past week.

Daddy even got in on the fun...

Sometimes a boy has to learn what will happen if you sit in front of a sprinkler....
only to bad for me I didn't have my good camera to capture the moment my point and shoot is just too slow.

Addie has had this pool since she was 15 months old and it just makes me smile to see it grow with her...

My smart girl trying to get close to the water without taking it in the eye...

A random picture from my budding photographer Addie Reese...

This week we also had fun at swimming lessons with Ms. Jenny. Let me just say Ms. Jenny is GREAT with the kids. Addie loved the lessons.
Don't get me wrong, Addie was her typical... don't want to do this... I don't want to go... I don't want to wear goggles... crying for an hour while getting ready... holding on tight to me was white knuckles when we get there... but we got past that "new activity anxiety" that Addie always gets. We watched for a few minutes. I sat next to the water with her and next thing I knew she was in the water. Addie learned a lot this week and is asking when she can go back to swim lessons.

The girls warming up with their breast stroke.

Practicing kicking with legs behind you... this is very hard for Addie.
She likes to kick down.

When telling Kyle about swim lessons Addie stated, " I am taking lessons with all the girls in town I know." We did not plan on this but Addie's lessons just happened to be with girls from church and some other friends of hers... the icing on the cake for this momma.

Kick board time...

Addie getting her goggles ready...

Ready to kick and swim...

Got all the way to the steps... and when she is waiting her turn Addie does laps on the steps and goes under about 678 times because "I can hold my breaf now."

Waiting to jump... This is something Addie needs help with... She jumps right. next. to. the. wall. every. time. and it scares me SO much.

She is getting closer to her goal... to swim like Ariel and Rylee.
Later folks... Drew is awake from his nap.