July: Swimming

Elijah has absolutely loved swim lessons at Biola this summer. He's been super motivated to learn to swim. When I suggested we sign up for the 2 days/week lessons for his second session, he wanted to continue 5 days/week so he could learn faster and better.

He started the summer splashing around in the water, and now he's jumping off the diving board and swimming to the edge.

Josiah's plan is to take swim lessons at 5;
in the meantime, he prefers doing copywork
(the mom next to us asked if we homeschooled.)

Claire sits surprisingly well on the towel for the 45 minute lessons--
the only time of the day she is still and neither eating nor sleeping

We played at the Olive Grove one day after swim lessons.

Celebrating jumping off the diving board
everyday that week; the rest of us celebrated
sitting through all the swim lessons.

Not gelato, but still tasty