Saturday, July 28, 2012

Last Day of Swim Lessons

My boys have to take swim lessons every summer.  Due to experiences that happened to me when I was younger, swim lessons are non-negotiable in our house.  My Oldest graduated out of them last year though, and he proved it by passing his BSA swimmer at summer camp this year and earning his Swimming Merit badge.  That just leaves my Youngest at the pool this year and he made some great progress and passed Level II.  Congratulations!









And of course, the one thing they all look forward to on the last day...THE SLIDE!

 He gets to take Level III next year.  That's when the real lessons start...they learn the different strokes, and diving and hopefully he won't be terrified of the deep water next year!

Thursday, July 12, 2012

My Oldest went sailing

My Oldest went with his Boy Scout Troop out to the Lake, where the SeaScouts took them out on a sailboat.  I'm jealous...it looks like they had so much fun!
 Rules!
 More Rules!
 Getting ready for the boat!
 More rules!
 "Look Mom, I'm sailing!"
 "That was fun!"
Swimming in the lake when they weren't out on the boat!


Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Day Camp 2012

Ever since the dawn of time...I mean ever since he was little my Youngest has had one thing he's looked forward to more than anything...Cub Scout Day Camp!  This year he attended his first Day Camp and it was a blast!  He had fun, I had fun, his Dad and Brother had fun...it was FUN!

The whole family attended camp on Monday
 My Oldest, with my Youngest and Cousin J, who attended camp too.
 Arts and Crafts were fun.
 Waiting in line at Archery.
 My Oldest was able to staff at Camp for 2 days...he's our goofy Archery staff!
 The cousins at Archery.
 They were making boats out of juice boxes and duct tape.
 Thursday was rainy and thundering so we were unable to get in the pool.  They learned how to rescue each other if one of them fell into the pool...this is Cousin J rescuing my Youngest.
 My Youngest then returned the favor and rescued his cousin.
 Team work games...I found out the cousins do not work so well together!
 Team Races...opposite teams.
 The crab walk portion.
 Racing the juice box boats on the last day.
 And shooting plastic bottle rockets.
 Pool time was a favorite.

 We even got Mom to camp on Friday.
 BB Shooting was my Youngest's favorite sport.  Look at the stance!
 Cousin J had a little more trouble.
They are already looking forward to camp next year.  We had a lot of fun on our journey back through time and the staff at the camp was great.  The weather was decent (except for Friday...which was hot).  We even ate lunch outside in the rain on Thursday.