the lil' fish

riley just successfully completed her second year of parent & child swim class!!! yeah riley!! she did great this year, so much better than last year. she loves getting in the water, and mommy got a little sunshine as well. she was so excited to swim everyday she would get really impatient and cry waiting for the other class to finish up, so we stopped arriving early. then she became so impatient she wouldn't even wait for me to take off my shorts to get into the water. she would say "bye bye mom!" and grab one of our swim teachers by the hand and lead them into the water. little miss independent i guess. . . which for me is both good and bad. she learned how to put her face in the water, blow big bubbles, and go surfing on the big fish. she learned how to count to three and jump in the water, and to sit on the edge of the pool and kick. her favorite swim class songs were "the wheels on the bus," "the hokey pokey," and of course "motorboat motorboat." she had a blast playing with the other kids, especially anthony, sara's son. riley and anthony have had a few playdates before but became great friends during swim class, unless of course it came to sharing duckies. that is where miss riley jane draws the line. she had so much fun and was so comfortable in the water our swim instructors nicknamed her "the lil' fish" and referred to her as "the movie star" everyday we arrived to swim class with our shades on :) we are excited for the next time, and hopefully riley and anthony will get to be in class together again, it's always nice to share fun in the sun!! everyday after swim class riley would be incredibly hungry so we would go eat lunch at school with tiff, gabe, abbi, elli, miranda, maria, and anthony where riley would inhale the lunch given by the school for thier summer program. riley liked their cheeseburgers so much she tried stealing some off of gabe's and abbi's plates. but they forgave her because riley has great cousins! abbi, elli, and miranda had a great time chasing and playing with riley and anthony everyday after swim class and lunch. they are going to grow up to be great babysitters. after lunch we would head home for riley to nap for at least two hours! which has been a rarity her entire life. i wonder what i can do to tucker her out now that swim class is over? i also wanted to say a big thank you to nicole for taking great pictures for me on the last day of swim class . . . she just so happened to be in town visiting so i couldn't have asked for better timing! enjoy and thanks for reading about us :)