Swimming again...

Tonight Jazzy finished the first 2 week swim segment. They don't have names like polliwogs, tadpoles, etc, but just a certificate. She is now diving into my arms into the water instead of just jumping, and tonight was the "free swim". She went down the gigantic spiral slide with the teacher. I thought she might cry when she got to the top because it is 3 sets of stairs to the top and is pretty high. She was laughing all the way down... the little daredevil....

Swimming....

Tonight we went to swimming lessons... which were supposed to be outside of the pool. No one else showed up for our group except me and Jazz, so we went over CPR:). When the swimming instructor, Cassie, asked me what I did for a living and I told her, she told me that she wants to be a pediatrician who treats kids with natural therapies.... so, that's all she wanted to talk about after that. Then she took Jazz in the pool for a few minutes in the very shallow end.

Cassie and Jazz.

SSN...

Yeah.. Jasmine finally has a Social Security number.... and now I can do my taxes. Vital Records is second only to the Vietnamese government when it comes to the mananna mentality. I must have called them at least 14 times over a period of 3 months just to get them to get off their butts and send a completed form in the self addressed stamped envelope I sent to them. Never have I seen such slow, uncaring and possibly even mentally retarded people working in one location. Then it only took another month after that to get the number from the Social Security Administration. Yeah......

Playdate....

Today, Joan and Jolee came over for lunch and a playdate. We had calzones and fruit... for something unhealthy and something healthy.... then we painted and danced:)

Ostrich Farm.....

Today, since it was only about 100 degrees instead of 108, we decided to be tourists and visit Rooster Cogburn's Ostrich Farm right down the street from us at Picacho Peak. It's pretty small, and walking slow and taking our time, we were done in 1/2 hour, but it was a fun thing to do on a Saturday afternoon. They have a zillion ostriches, deer and Larakeets. Later, we went to our favorite truck stop in Picacho... the only restaurant/truck stop around for 30 miles or so.

swimming....

Jasmine is upset because she has to wait a couple of minutes for her swimming lesson.....

First swimming lesson.....

Tonight we had our first swimming lesson. I can't take any photos because I have to be in the water with Jazz. So far we just did kicks on the kick board and floated on our backs. The teacher ... who I think is 14 years old or so.... said that usually she doesn't see kids put their face in the water like Jasmine does until they are 5 or so. Jazz even jumps from the side of the pool into my arms in the water. Pretty good for first time. We signed up for 12 weeks, 4 nights a week. It's only a 1/2 hour, but it seems like forever in the water. 35 minutes to drive there, 30 minutes to swim, 35 minutes to drive home and the night is shot. That's ok... we don't have anything else to do. The pool has only been open a few days and just looks really gross to me. All the kids have green snot hanging from their noses and most are wearing diapers. As a courtesy, I had Jasmine wear the expensive waterproof swim diaper.... which really doesn't seem to be waterproof from what I can tell. None of the other kids had on waterproof diapers, so when I run out of those, I don't think I will bother. I also... as a courtesy to other people... take a shower before going in the pool, but I noticed that no one else looked like they took a shower. I'm just going to have to close my eyes to all of that. We just rushed home and jumped in the warm shower... partly because we were cold, but partly to get the chlorine and disgusting junk off us. Same thing again tomorrow night. Maybe I will be able to eventually take pictures of her in the shallow end. The "lesson" is in about 4 feet of water.