pool

So Proud {What I Learned This Week}

October 9, 2011

What a weekend! Full of learning… I learned that when your little boy has been practicing 3-4 nights a week for 3 months straight, the culminating swim meet is a BIG DEAL. I learned that it is not possible to write the word breast on your 9 year-old’s arm without giggling to yourself. I learned [...]

Read the full post →

Weekend wrap-up

September 14, 2009

How was your Sunday? Ours was pretty busy… Here’s a picture recap: Michael had his first swim meet yesterday. It’s kind of hard to get pictures of him swimming, so you’ll have to settle for my funny moment of the day. Unbeknownst to me, it’s common practice for young swimmers to have their races written [...]

Read the full post →

What do you do?

August 23, 2009

    What do you do when your kids are “bummed?” We had a mopey 9 year-old boy here today. He didn’t know why he was sad, and neither did we. We had friends over swimming in the morning, then we ate lunch and went swimming again. What’s to be sad about? When Dad came [...]

Read the full post →

Poor Jack. Poor Mom.

July 29, 2009

It happened. We have been walking around knocking on wood for the past 9 years every time we hear about a friend taking their child to the ER for stitches, or a cast, or some other childhood rite of passage. We are the parents of two boys. Two boys who have never had stitches or casts. Two [...]

Read the full post →

A favor

July 21, 2009

1. Do you know a child who likes to play in the water? 2. Do you have a pool? 3. Do you have a neighbor or friend that has a pool? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, please click on the blue box to the right. Then forward it.

Read the full post →