Mya and Claire began their first session of swimming lessons in August. They had a blast! Both kiddos love the water. Claire warmed up to the water last spring, finally putting her head under while Mya made leaps and bounds of progress this fall. She too is putting her head under water, jumping in, and going down the slides. Fear no more. It is lovely. They were each so eager to go to lessons each day. Claire is able to swim a bit on her own. It is a combined underwater glide with a front float ;) We are quite proud of them both, having passed Preschool Level 1. We'll continue on this water journey more this year, but getting them into lessons is quite the competition. Pre-Registration for the next session began at 6:00. Pre-registration is only for people who have had their kiddos in lessons in the past 90 days. I thought it began at 8:00 and was there by 10:00. No afterschool sessions were left, but we were put on the wait list and called days later with one option that happened to conflict with soccer. We have since pulled them out of soccer, so hopefully our freed up schedule works a bit better with swimming. I'd much rather do the swimming thing than soccer at this point, but we'll see.
Claire is nine months old. She is such an active kid, always on the go. She no longer lays nicely when we change her diaper. It is quite the challenge. She is getting rather quick at crawling, so we have to move just as quickly to keep her out of where she doesn't belong--the fridge, cupboards, etc. Developmentally, she is right on track or maybe a bit advanced in our biased eyes. She crawls, pulls herself up, is beginning to move from one piece of furniture to another, mostly eats table food, and imitates us (both in the noises we make or actions--knocking on a door). When we hold her hands, she is beginning to take steps without much guidance. On Saturday, she made her first attempt to climb a step. Sadly, it ended with her sliding down. She has three teeth--two on the bottom, one on top with another coming in on top. Ten things we love about her: 1. her smile 2. her curiosity 3. the way she holds our hands or her own hands when she sleeps 4. her easy-goingness 5....
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