Albuquerque - day nine ...

our second day of swim lessons -
Willow is to the far right (swimming) and then Annicka
is to the immediate left of her! they're doing great!!!

now they rest and listen to the teacher ...

I was having serious panic attacks when the teacher
decided to take the little kids over to the deep end!
the shallow pool was cold as the heater wasn't working,
which I think was her motivation - but still, it
was sincerely freaking me out ... Liam has so little
fear I was sure he wouldn't stay on that edge,
so the hubby went over and stayed near him for almost
the entire lesson. I really appreciated that!

here's Liam and daddy and his class, in the foreground,
and then Annicka and Willow's class in the back!

more listening/observing/getting directions!

Jericho's class was so cute - it was all boys and they
got a male teach - I thought that was pretty neat!

assume the position - ha ha ha - I love this, it's so cute!

the girls are ready to take off again ...

there's Annicka and Willow (and their class)
passing Liam - he had to take a break to let them pass by!

with his hot dog - lol!
when we got to the pool that day he saw one of those float
things and called it a hot dog, so when he didn't like it
at his turn they convinced him to use it by calling it a hot dog -
good thinking daddy! it worked and look at him, my big boy!

after lunch each day it was free swim - so much fun!

Jericho was beyond excited to go down the slide this year!
last time we were there (two years ago) he got to go
down once and daddy caught him, but the lifeguard said
that wasn't allowed - bummer. so he's been waiting
all this time to be able to do it and had no fear that first day!
of course, after a couple times down he decided he
didn't like "drowning at the bottom" - as he told me - and
therefore didn't have as much interest! I convinced
him this day to do it once more for me (he had already
done it once) to get some photos - thanks, son, for your cooperation!
*and just so you know, he didn't actually drown, obviously - but
he did flounder as he's not a strong swimmer yet ... he made
it over to the edge pretty well though, I thought!

eating some lunch

first I took Zoey in, oh my did she love it! we touched the
water falls and sprays and then I dipped her in - she had a blast!
but, of course, I needed pics - so, then it was daddy's turn
to swim her around and let her splash!
look at that happy girl!

the hubs took this one (hence, he didn't notice the flash was
turned off - so, yah, blurry real bad) ... this is uncle in Zoey's play
area with her - lol! she was quite a stinker to him while
we were there. oh - and I stand corrected - I guess she didn't
come up with the "kiss my butt" thing on her own!
since she was being so stingy to uncle, one day he was teasing
her and said "fine then, you don't wanna play with me
then you can kiss my butt" and he showed her -
and, yah, that's all it took and she had learned it, pretty awesome!
and, don't worry, he wasn't being mean - just playing
around and being silly, of course! so, anyway,
we had to have a pic of Zoey and her uncle, and this was
the best we could do! maybe next time she'll let
him hold her? maybe not? we shall see!