Maya, my 7-year-old, just started swimming lessons last weekend. Her first session went even better than I expected. The progress she made in that short 45-minute class was impressive! She went from holding her nose at the beginning of the lesson, to blowing bubbles for a while, and then keeping her head under water for […]
Water Play
Protect(ion)
It’s amazing to me how sisters can be so different. Maya (the 4-year old pictured above) has always been cautious about everything, since she was a baby. Her little sister, on the other hand, is a daredevil.
Slipping ‘n sliding
There’s a “heat watch” in effect this entire weekend, with record high temperatures expected. Heat indices could approach 110 degrees! Definitely not typical weather for early June in the DC area. Just last week I was complaining about how it was too cool for the girls to play in the sprinkler, and now it may […]