Wednesday, December 12, 2012

the water slide and other stories

I think Abacus might be some fashion genius, she wears clothes in ways I would never think of. She'll go to a pile of clean laundry and come out looking like some darker edged Blossom throwback.

One day Goldilocks came and ate up the three bears. That's Lucia's abridged version. Another version is that the three bears visit Goldilocks. Speaking of bears, someone bought tickets to Grizzly Bear thinking it was Bear Grylls. The weirdest part is they were disappointed...

Swimming class has been awesome lately. Lucia has been attending too and having the whole family in the pool is a lot more calming for Abacus and I think it's good for Lucia too, who has gotten really good at kicking and doesn't feel left out. Abacus still shies away and asks for cuddles, but it seems almost out of habit than genuine anxiety. She has been a lot better at doing the drills and seems to love going under water. Last week she wore goggles which was the cutest thing, their instructor got them both goggles so they could dive for toys.

The most fun thing about swimming class now is that they've been going on the water slide after class - as a reward. It's a big windy tunnel slide, dimly lit with colorful lights and can go extremely fast. The girls absolutely love it. The first day Lucia asked why these other girls screamed when they went down, now Lucia has taken to screaming too and Abacus has followed! They go down with us and we come out in a huge splash, sometimes backwards, or spinning out of control, depending how fast we've gone.

One of the cutest moments I've had with our girls was at a Saturday dinner time, when Danielle said 'Tomorrow at swimming class we can go on the waterslide again.' And the girls faces came alive with smiles and they laughed and said YAY! with completely uninhibited excitement.




9 comments:

Joan said...

I'm so happy that both the girls are taking to the water so quickly! WOW, already diving for toys - that takes alot of kicking and knowing how to hold one's breathe. Did you read the article on the study of swimming that I posted on my facebook page. It was sent to me from a friend who is a nurse turned midwife - in the profession for way over 30 years. Read it - you'll find it very interesting! Happy swimming to you all! xoxo, Joan, Mom, Nana

Anonymous said...

[url=http://www.freewebs.com/buy-endep-25-mg/]london order amitriptyline
[/url]london order endep 75 mg online
purchase amitriptyline 25 mg online uk
amitriptyline 10 mg migraine
purchase amitriptyline 25 mg uk
purchase endep 50 mg uk

Anonymous said...

[url=http://clarithromycin.webs.com]clarithromycin buy online
[/url]

Anonymous said...

[url=http://www.freewebs.com/duloxetine-online/]buy cymbalta
[/url] cymbalta dose too high
cymbalta 20mg cpep
cymbalta nightmares

Anonymous said...

[url=http://sustiva-efavirenz.webs.com/]Buy Sustiva (Efavirenz)
[/url] Sustiva 500 mg
order Efavirenz 200 mg
purchase Sustiva 500 mg online

Anonymous said...

[url=http://amoxicilline.webs.com/]Trimox en ligne
[/url][url=http://acheter-amoxicilline.webs.com/]amoxicilline rpg
[/url] amoxicilline dans infection urinaire
amoxicilline conservation
acheter amoxicillin en ligne

Anonymous said...

[url=http://www.microgiving.com/profile/ribavirin]buy rebetol online
[/url] virazole 100 mg online
copegus buy online
order rebetol

Unknown said...

All the contents you mentioned in post is too good and can be very useful. I will keep it in mind, thanks for sharing the information keep updating, looking forward for more posts.

----------------------------------------------------------------
abacus course

Payal Patel said...

This information is very useful.It is about Abacus courses