last week of summer

You read that right!  We decided to do an early start back to school.  With Jason going back to work earlier this year because of new teacher stuff at Carthage, and it being so hot outside, we decided we might as well start too.  Then we plan nice long breaks for the holidays an we'll be done the same time he is too!

But before all that, here's what our last week looked like!  More swimming!

Amos has really taken off this year!  With all the exposure, he's swimming all over the pool, jumping in and treading water.  He's become our little fish.

Ivan has no fear.  He wants his floaty off, but we keep it on.  This last time swimming, we had just arrived, and before we knew it, he went to the highest point in the pool and jumped in.  

Conrad is ready to graduate from his floaty boat.  He kept putting his face in the water and sucking it in.  He just want out.  He's not big enough for the puddle jumpers yet, but he will be next year,

And Silas!  Just these last few times, he's grown in courage so much.  He's now diving down for rings and then he surprised me by just putting his face in and swimming.  I hope to get a little more swimming in this summer so he doesn't forget it all before the big break.

We had an especially fun time, because we were joined by friends.  Ashley, Miles and Nora met us there!  It's always more fun to swim with friends.

Ivan has been all about the costumes this week.  He reminds me of Amos and how he would bring me costume after costume to put on him.  He sure made a pretty cute football player!

At the end of the week, we met up with friends at the Joplin Library.  None of us had been there, so we decided to explore.  We had fun, but I learned very quickly that it was hard to keep an eye on all the little ones.  I'm not as big of fan of all the toys being scattered across the huge room.  

I'll plan to share about the start of our school, next week!