Lots of Swimming...and a Class Reunion

For the past few weeks, I feel like all we've been doing is washing bathing suits, hanging beach towels up to dry and rinsing chlorine out of Ella's hair. It's been worth it though for the girls to enjoy summertime and the joys of swimming! Ella completed her two weeks of swim lessons today and has done so well this year! Since she is old enough to do it on her own, Audrey and I just watched her each morning from poolside. She did so good and is so comfortable in the water now! Here are a few shots of her in action on her last day.

Blowing bubbles and kicking herself around the pool.
All the kids working on their splashing (kicking)

Just floatin..

And of course, Ella's favorite part--going down the waterslide!

We had a playgroup over at our house this week too! We had a little mini Water World in the backyard, with the pool, splash table, roller coaster and slide set up for the kids to play with. I think everyone had fun and enjoyed cooling off with some popsicles!

Lincoln's Ladies in the pool.

Sweet Ella

After swim lessons today, we met up with some of Ella's friends from school this year...a mini class reunion you could say. They had so much fun running around and one of their teachers joined us too. It was so hot outside and after about an hour and a half, we had to leave! This is a pic of the sweaty kids- Hudson, Erin and Ella - as we were leaving. Ella played so hard, her hair was all over the place!!

Best Buds from School- Hudson, Erin and Ella