HOT HOT HOT

It was so hot today that there was no other place to go but the pool. Luckily, we decided to purchase a pool membership this year. The girls really enjoy the pool. Savannah is all over the deep end while the twins hang in the baby pool. Over the last couple of days, Lila has stepped it up and taken to wearing a life jacket in the deep end which is more than we could have gotten Savannah to do when she was this age.


I loved watching the twins play together in the pool today.  They really are best of friends.  When one would pop out of the pool to come over to me, the other would follow saying, "Come swim with me."  Then off they would go back into the water.

Lila discovered that goggles let you see underwater.

 

Savannah and Daddy enjoyed the water slide.

Here is clip of Savannah swimming her laps. I try to get in her in the lap lane each time we go to work on endurance.


After three hours in the sun, we came home and crashed. Four of us slept while a certain big girl got lost in her pretend world.

Tennis

Savannah and Lila enjoyed learning the game of tennis this week.  Lila was only able to make it to clinic a couple days but Savannah attended all five.  Neither girl demonstrates great hand-eye coordination so I thought this non-competitive format might be a great way to to enhance their skills.  I had my fingers crossed that Savannah would really like the sport.  She lacks the urgency/drive to play sports like soccer or basketball which leaves swimming, tennis, and golf etc.  I think golf is terribly boring so we are focusing on swimming and tennis for now. 

Both girls really enjoyed themselves on the court, especially Savannah.  I love her attention and focus.  After getting in the car on Friday she said, "Mommy I am not just learning how to hit the ball, I am learning how to hit the ball over the net."  That she is.  She understands the directions and concepts pretty well.  Her swing is getting better with each day and once she learns to move her feet, she might not be half bad.

Lila lacks in the attention department at times but made great improvement on the second day she attended clinic.  She made contact once or twice on the first day and on the second day, she hit the ball multiple times.  She is at a slight disadvantage in a clinic setting because she is a lefty.  When everyone else is working on forehand, Miss Lila is stuck working on backhand.  Much harder!  Sadly, I don't have any pictures of Lila.