It's always a tradition for us on Saturdays to go to Krispy Kreme and then on to Elena's swim lessons. Elena started her swim lessons back in June as a Diaper Dolphin. She completed her 8 week course and graduated to become a Flipper, so we have now been in that class.
Elena loves the water. We start off by washing our legs, arms, face, and hair with a watering can. We then blow bubbles from a bubble wand and then try to blow bubbles in the water. This gets the kids to learn to hold their breath under water. Most of the babies just eat the water, but they start to get the concept. We practicing moving our arms and kicking our legs while swimming and also going under! We give them a "1, 2, ready go" cue and they immediately know what to do by closing their mouths and eyes. I was so amazed at how quickly she picked it up!
After swimming, we want back home for nursing and her morning nap. She usually sleeps a good 2-3 hours after swim. This past one was 2.5 hours. She has been a very good sleeper for as long as I can remember. On the weekends, we all get to sleep in. During the weekday we have to go get her up at 6:30, but on the weekends, she usually sleeps until 8 and she loves it.
After the nap, we ate lunch and went to walk around the mall and check out the sales. We got such a cute top from Baby Gap that is so cute and perfect for the fall. Mommy also got a new pair of jeans from Old Navy,
On Sunday, we had a wonderful pancake breakfast that my husband makes from scratch. He made us all little short stacks, including a small one for Elena. This is the first time she had pancakes and she loved it! I love that she is getting to eat what we eat now, makes it so much easier to not have to mash and prepare food.
Later that day, we went to the mall again to walk around because it is way too hot in Oklahoma to do much outside right now. We ran into one of my friends from high school and her husband and they ended up coming over for pizza that night. It was so good catching up and Elena likes seeing new faces as well!
Monday we decided to go outside before it got too hot. So when Elena woke up and we all ate, we went to the zoo first thing. We go to the zoo at least every other weekend since we are members. We didn't stay too long today because it got hot fast. After Elena had her morning and afternoon naps for the day, we decided to get our little splash pad out and play in that for a while. She is absolutely a water baby! We had such a fun weekend and I love my family so much! Oh, and Elena turned 10 months this past week! Time needs to slow down!
Have a great week everybody! Excuse the humid, hot mess of hair.
xoxo, Amy
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