Swimming Lessons

Well, today started out much as most days have started out lately, with me feeling completely behind. In truth, we got everywhere we needed to go by the time we needed to be there, but there were a lot of things that did not get done quite the way the should have (on the way to the Bean's swimming lessons, for example, I finally noticed that I forgot to put her coat on her . . . OK in spring weather, not so great when it is 30 degrees and she is about to have a wet head).

The Bean did GREAT at her swimming lessons. She has regressed slightly since switching over to inaccompanied lessons three weeks ago, after turning three, and has gotten back into the habit of trying to keep her head above water. This leads her to tread water more than swim. Today she did a much better job though, but of course I forgot to nring the camera to take pictures. I tend to feel much more guilty about doing those kinds of things to her as opposed to when it happens with the Moo, as I acutely feel that the Bean gets the shaft sometimes as the second child. It's just a fact of life that you can do the same things the same way with two that you could do with one, but it does not stop me from feeling badly when these things happen. At any rate, it did not seem to bother her!

The Moo did a great job swimming -- she works very hard in her class and is really coming along. She came from a class where she was the strongest swimmer into one where she is now the y0ungest and one of the weaker ones, but I think that in the end this is good for her. She is much more challenged in her new class and the improvement is really remarkable. I've included some pictures of the Potomac Swim School as well, where the girls have their lessons. The school does an excellent job, and with class sizes limited to only four per class both girls get enough time in the water.

So after all that we came home and got here in just in time for a prescheduled play date with the Moo's friend , who has been very close to her since the Moo and her friend were at Beantree together (sorry for the awkward sentence construction, but I am trying to avoid using any real names). The Moo, Bean, and Friend played while the mom's planned out the Moo's class' Valentines Partys --we are room reps together for the Pre-K class and this is the last party we are responsible for throwing thank goodness. I end up stressing way too much over the whole thing, so I do not think I will be doing the Room Rep thing again next year or ever, with the possible exception of the Bean's first year at LCDS (parity, parity, parity -- I strive for it, although I rarely feel like I attain it).

Dad just got home about a half hour ago after a very long day at work and is unwinding with leftover pizza (the girls made pizza during their playdate -- we had to use fresh mozarella and proscuitto as the Moo is crazy is about it, so it's not as bad as it might sound) and the State of the Union address. Dad is the conservative side of this mixed marriage -- at this point, in this presidency, I opted to blog instead. I will be working 12 hours days tomorrow and the next to try and make up the time I wanted to put in this weekend, so I may not end up posting again until Thursday, hopefully with pictures of the Moo at her riding lessons . . . assuming I can be trusted to bring the camera, which is a big IF!!