Oh What Do You Do in the Summertime?

Here in Wendover, we have had some HOT weather for awhile. The temperature outside already approaches 90 degrees at 10:00 each morning and the highs all week (for several weeks) sit just between high 90s and low 100s. Unfortunately, the heat in our apartment feels oven-like as well because we have no cooling system.

So to survive over the last month, we have made frequent pilgrimages to the local pool. The kids have swimming lessons weekday mornings and then we return as a family after naptime in the afternoons. The kids have had a great time and we have managed to stay reasonably cool for a portion of the day!


When we get out of the pool and are cold from the wind chilling our wet skin, we all lay down on the cement to dry. Even the girlie drops to the ground as soon as I wrap her towel around her shivering limbs. I love seeing my sweet family lined up on the concrete to dry. The damp cement smell fills my mind with memories of swimming with cousins at Grandma Jody and Grandpa Ray's house years ago.

Swimming lessons have been wonderful for the boys. They have been in a class together during both sessions and this session they are the only kids in their class. The close attention has really helped them progress and become more confident in the water. Once in awhile I worry that they are a little too confident in their aquatic abilities when they appear as though they might drown, but they assure me that they are swimming and are just fine.

Elizabeth just loves the water and has learned so much in her aqua-babies swim class. For this class, a parent is in the water with the child and is the one helping them bob under the water, blow bubbles, kick, float, and jump in. Joseph participated for the last session and I am the one participating this session. The reason we really love these lessons for her is the one-on-one time we get for swimming with her while very few people are around. Our own children and other children often make that difficult when we swim in the afternoon.