Swimming in the bath

I have been doing swimming lessons with Ben since he was itty bitty... we go every Thursday and I have to say he is getting GOOOOOD! He goes under without fuss or even a wink at least a few times during the lesson, he does "kickers", "scoopers", and "pancakes" (on his back). I am so happy he loves the water because I love to swim and it's important to me (notice ME putting MY values on my kid here) that he learns to swim. Not just for fun, but also for safety in the future.

Here's bath time tonight - guess the lessons are paying off!

Our little swimmer!

I have claimed this summer as THE SUMMER OF SARA & BEN! :) What does this mean? Less work and more time with my boys! This then translates into a total revamp of my schedule, which means working less days, packing more into the days I am working and packing more into the day's I'm not working. I'm also doing swimming lessons with Ben! We started this last week and it was SO fun... he was not such a happy camper in the first 10 minutes and quickly warmed up to the idea and by the end, my brave boy was jumping off the side of the pool from a standing position... it was awesome! He takes lessons with his friend, Ella and here are some fun shots of them! (Of course the pool cleaner became a fast favorite toy OUT of the pool!)