swimming

Things have been a bit hectic over here between the end of school, loads of work, end of baseball (with continued drama ), and just life in general. I promise to get back on the blog horse shortly with a few posts I have from this weekend.

A quick update on things while you wait:

JT - graduated with flying colors from 1st grade. He did a remarkable job and is on a reading frenzy. It is so much fun to listen to him read, watch him read, and watch as he expands his experiences because he can actually read. He has also been kind enough, when the mood strikes, to read to his brother. We are also the lucky foster parent of the 1st grade red-bellied toad. When I went to buy crickets, the pet store employee informed me that they don't like to live alone, which meant I spent $5 on a new toad. I haven't noticed any wild toad parties and for the most part they stay on opposite sides of the tank so I believe the lady pulled my leg.
We are not playing All-Stars baseball this year but we are on notice for a Select Team should they be short players for a tourney (we have yet to be called up much to JT's chagrin) and I signed him up for a 4 day baseball camp hosted by the Pflugerville high school baseball coach. He is going with his baseball buddy Rhys and is very excited. This is our first sporting camp and I have a strange feeling we will be seeing many more.

Zachy - well what is there to say about Zach? He is such a card. He is infuriating and cute all at the same time. On a recent visit to DQ with the Basharas, Zachy was a bit unruly and after several warnings he finally quieted down. Of course after a brief moment of quiet, his little head popped up over our booth (yes, we pretended we were kidless and made them sit in a separate booth) with a napkin wisely constructed to form a beard and announced "I am God! God is at DQ eating ice-cream!"
Zach has taken to swimming more than ever this year. He is a total fish and he appears to be past the puking in the pool stage (awesome!). Zach has been very frustrated at the Y pool though because they won't let him out of the kiddie pool without passing the swim test and supposedly you have to be 5 to take the swim test. This means he misses out on the slide and using the giant, inflatable obstacle course they have set up. Even more frustrating is that we have watched older kids, who can't swim half as well as Zach, get their swim test bracelets.  I told Rick he should just lie and say he is 5, so last week Rick took Zach to the lifeguard and asked if he could try the test. Unlike past lifeguards, who have asked his age first, this one told Zachy the instructions and then asked him to jump in. Instead of stopping the 1/2 way point and turning back, Zach proceeded to attempt a swim of the length of the pool. The lifeguard stopped him and told him he could swim back. Upon successful completion, she asked him his age and he proudly said 4! Rick quickly mentioned that his birthday is just a month away. Rick said she paused to consider but  now Zachy has his own bracelet and can go down the slide. Although I have some reservations, I am considering letting him try swim team next year as I think he would love it.

So that is it for now. I'll get a few recent photos posted later along with a great Lucas Boy traumatic event. I have to get photographic evidence of the injuries sustained first.