Piano piece - Part 1

She strikes again...

Thomasina (sorry if you don't like cats - and yes I should have just a Thomasina blog) never eats much at meal time (I feed the cats twice a day). One day I was doing laundry and found out why she doesn't....and I caught her again today just didn't get the beginning when she does her 'unlocking' magic! Enjoy...

Talent Show...

After dinner and before the fireworks, we were entertained by the children. This video is about 3 mins. but it is really funny. Each of the boys have their own little personalities and love their Hayden! Oh, you probably can't see it in the video but they all have make-up on (as in blue eye shadow)!

Last swim lesson...

Hayden got stronger as the week went on and her strokes improved greatly! My favorite part of swim lessons as a child was always on the last day when we got to improve upon our water entry....enjoy!

Day 2 of swimming...

Teaching an old dog new tricks....

Hayden has been a 'swimmer' since the age of 2 (holding her breath, going in the deep end, diving for sticks) but she has never been a swimmer (as in knowing any stokes)! She has always been just happy with her way of swimming (under water like a mermaid) for the last 9 years. After many years of swim lessons and just as many years of her stubbornness, we are attempting it yet again! We got lucky this year and she has one on one instruction (I guess that is because most 11 year olds know how to swim)! Can she actually learn to do some real strokes? Is there hope? I doubt she will be swim team material but maybe in 3 more days she will actually know the 'art' of swimming! :-)

Wow...my computer skills are growing! :-)