Molly mermaid

Molly had her first solo swim class on Tuesday night. No parents in the water. No singing and splashing. This was serious stuff. Molly hung on to the side of the pool with the other kids and practiced floating on her back, kicking, and even jumping off the side. All with a swim belt on, of course! She had a huge smile on her face for the entire length of the class and has been talking about swimming ever since.

All dressed up and ready to go

Waiting patiently

Floating -- it's a little blurry because of the zoom. Parents had to watch from the balcony.

While I was observing the class from above, I realized what a difference there is between age 3 and age 4. Last year, Molly had meltdown after meltdown at ballet class, so we decided to take a little break from activities. Now, at swim class, she's totally fine. But the younger kids, who looked closer to 3, all freaked out and refused to leave their parents or get in the pool. Interesting. This gives me hope that Molly will be ready for soccer in the Fall. She better be...Jason signed up to coach!

Anyway, this last picture has nothing to do with swim class, but it's about the cutest one I've ever seen of James. I felt like it belonged on the blog!

James is in a really adorable phase right now. He just likes handing stuff to people. So cute!