As I mentioned, Callie has turned into a fish this summer and today she made some huge gains! She decided that today was the day she was going to go underwater....all.by.herself! In order to really understand what a major accomplishment this is, you need to understand how truly terrified she was to go under the water....she can't stand getting water in her face in the bath and would freak out anytime I would tell her that we were going to swim lessons that night (asking when she woke up to when we were driving to swim lessons if we needed to go under). Today, without any prompting from the teacher, Callie decided to do it.....and wouldn't stop! I would have missed it had a not been paying attention! I love that the teacher is no where near her talking her into it! I guess when she sets her mind to something, there's no stopping her!
In this video, the teacher threw a diving stick down and Callie had to go under to get it.
For mid winter break, we headed up to Sun River for the week. As always, it did not disappoint! The kids had a blast spending the week with Grandma and Grandpa, all their cousins, skiing, and playing in the snow. This year we started with no snow on the ground and ended with a blizzard that made driving home very tricky. Liam stayed home with Grandma while Callie and I skied. Although it is always hard to be left behind, he loves his Grandma so much and they had an absolute blast together. I'm also realizing that she took all the pictures so I have very few with her...major bummer! We celebrated these 2 boys on this trip. When there is this many kids, you not only take over the whole run but there it is also very difficult to figure out which way to go.... Grandpa and his gang Pretty soon we won't all fit on one couch. Unfortunately our sister/dad ski day did not go as planned. Sarah took a spill the day before and was not able to ski with us for ...
We had amazing weather for Mother's Day weekend and tried to enjoy every minute of the summer. On Sunday, Callie and I ran the color run. A 5k through Seattle which involved a lot of dust and color. It was a lot of fun and I was super proud of her and how she pushed herself. Before the race. Shirts are still white and hair is still normal color. We ran with one of Callie's good friends and her mom. Bubbles! That was a highlight for Callie, she loved running through the bubbles. Done! Color and dust everywhere! We spent Saturday with Katy and Dennis and explored Renton and a local beach and park. Callie and Katy The gang! Saturday was so beautiful that we actually went home and the kids ran in the sprinklers and played in the bathing suits all day.
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