Learning to Swim

We have decided that once the boys learn to swim we will further investigate the possibility of getting a pool here at our house.

We enrolled them in the closest swim lessons we could find to enroll them in, about 45 minutes from our house.

Bradley loved his swim lessons, he was able to be 1:1 or 2:1 with a teacher for three nights a week for two weeks. The first night he was very scared to be in the pool where he could not really touch the bottom. By the end of the two weeks he was swimming across the pool on his own with a noodle.

Jaxson did not love his mommy and me swim lessons so much. He clung to me with a death grip, it did not help that the water was a bit chilly. By the end of the two weeks he had loosened up a bit and would kick his feet in the water as long as his arms were wrapped around me and would jump into my arms in the pool.

 

 

 



Staying Chicks Forever

While visiting my Grandfather in Tennessee, the boys fell in love with his chickens or "cockels" as Jaxson calls them.

My brother had chickens when I was younger, we had a chicken house and the whole bit, I myself was not a fan of them! I really wanted nothing to do with them. The only real memories I have about our chickens was Anthony winning many trophies when showing them and one time when some type of a wild animal got into the chicken coop and mom picking up chicken parts up from the yard while my brother sobbed.
So, my Dad is now working at the fairgrounds and they had baby chicks leftover from the Ag Days Experience and they were in desperate need of a home.

So the boys got baby chicks...

 

 

 

Bradley was super excited and Jaxson just wanted to love on them and hug and kiss them.

Bradley did tell me, "Mom I wish they could stay baby chicks forever." To him I said, "You know that is how I feel about you, I wish you would just stay little forever."