Celebrate success

On different sides of the country today...we celebrate with our kids

One completed a successful week of new experiences in dance 

 

and the other successfully passed his swimming level  after two weeks of beach lessons.
 

Tomorrow we will all be back doing life together.

#1154   Thankful List - Goals achieved

The upside of beach swim lessons (Thankful list)

Well it has been four days into our two weeks beach swim lessons.....and despite the hesitant start we are doing good....

The upside to our beach lessons as opposed to the Aquatic lessons we are used to is....

The total cost for two weeks of lessons for 4 kids is $34.50!

No pool entry fee every day

Every day has delivered a different weather forecast.
 
The landscape and what you discover throws up new things every day

The chance for a brisk walk along the sand is good for my health

There is no over the top enthusiastic life guards making the kids walk everywhere,stop splashing and generally prevent them from  having a bit of fun.....instead they have the whole stretch of the beach to run , jump, splash, be loud and ......even throw sand at each other!

and lastly there is no kiosk in sight to feel the pressure of having to empty my purse everyday for ice cream! 

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The Next Day

Today as opposed to yesterday.....we sat huddled under the jetty to shelter from the wind and the rain.....
the kids? they swam on like good troopers.

In two days time the forecast is for a scorcher of a day!  Need to be able to roll with it when it comes to mother nature it appears.

Beach Lessons

Every year at this time we enrol in vacation swimming lessons...only we usually do them at the local aquatic centre.
This year though we are at the beach......
After our very hot last week it was particularly overcast and grey today...not too cool though.
My boy is none to excited about the beach lessons.....and when on arrival was made to wear the snazzy cap it sealed the unhappy mindset.

I think there will be lots to learn from the beach lessons....funny cause he loves heading to the beach and wave swimming with his dad...just not the place he wants to do lessons...even if he is in the same class with 3 of his cousins!! {poor swim instructor}
So we have two whole weeks ahead of us in which I do hope he quickly decides it could be fun after all......

...and it is nice time to sit with my sisters and chat while they swim. 
 

Water

Water - Photo a Day

Despite lessons being at 8am in the morning.....they are having a great time

7 lessons done....3 to go! 

Daily Routine

Daily Routine -     Photo-a-day

 

Starting this morning for the next two weeks , we will be at the swimming pools for Vacation swimming lessons

8am lessons!!!!!

That combined with a "seized back" that I seem to have acquired not much of anything else is routine around here.

Swimming

Did I mention we went swimming.....lots.....

We had a fantastic apartment right in front of the pools...although it was hard to convince the kids that maybe we should have a break from the water for a while when they could see how much fun was being had by others...