Water Fun and Independence

It seems every day now we are battling the heat by doing some sort of swimming activity, and it seems to really be keeping us busy. Yesterday we just went to Edith Ball and sat in the zero entry part of the pool, watching the wild big kids. Today we met Hayden's friend at Breakers for the "Mom Morning" for 2 hours and it was great. Hayden wasn't really into the slides but he will definitely get the hang of it tomorrow when we go back and he can slide with daddy.

We also are really enjoying swim classes 4 days a week. Hayden's swim instructor is a really nice, young blonde girl, the typical lifeguard, but she is just fantastic with small children. She is very hands-on and knows just how far to push the kids, and also knows where to stop and back off. I am very impressed considering we paid $8 for the whole summer.

This week, Hayden has gotten very independent at home. He usually requires Matt or I to accompany him to one activity or another throughout the house, and wanted to come along for boring tasks like dishes and cleaning. The past few days, however, he has started to show that he can go on his own and get a bucket of toys off his shelf and play nicely by himself for 15 to 20 minutes. It's helping me be able to get things done around the house and is paying off when we leave him. Last night, he stayed with Meemaw all night while we went on a date with no tears!

I will post some pictures of our day at Breakers tomorrow!