More of Amy's Games and Swim Lessons

Summer days always get long around here. It's too hot to go outside. And it's too hot to go anywhere. So we do a lot of staying inside. After awhile, Amy starts to make up games. Which she's really good at. This time she decided to see if she could fit into her Boon Bag. (A Boon Bag was the solution to all her stuffed animals when she was little. You stuff all the animals inside and it becomes a bean bag type chair. The kids pulled it out when they were playing the other day.) Of course, she's so little that she fit right in. And then decided it would be hilarious if she rolled down the hallway. 

Which prompted the boys having to try it as well. Will mostly scooted down and Tyler rolled.

Will wound up with a wiggly tooth. He's been a little later on the teeth losing thing, and the dentist had to pull his 2 bottom teeth, so we were happy this seemed to be coming out on its own.

A few days into the week, he got tired of it still being stuck. A few of us tried to get it out for him, but Amy was the winner. She yanked it right out.

Amy has still been at it with her camera. She set up a mock interview with Tyler. He'd talk into the microphone (it's inside that bowl, next to him.) 

Amy and I were in my bedroom and spied a cardinal getting the sunflower seeds. It was fun to watch him get himself up in there.

Will sneaking chips. He is our junk food king and isn't shy about it.

Another game that Amy made up. You had to lie down with your head down. The other people had to try and sneak up and steal the shoe and run back to the couch without being detected. They played this for a solid hour. Will was the worst, he couldn't stop laughing. But that's typical, we always know where he's hiding during hide n' seek.

We spend several days a week at the MTSU outdoor pool. The boys have become really great swimmers this summer. They just figured it out one day.  But while they've figured it out, we still wanted to get them in swim lessons. The way MTSU runs it is in 2 week periods and it's every day. Well, we are never around for all that time in the summer so we haven't been able to do it. Since we didn't travel this summer we decided this was the year to do it. So now we swim most every day. Sometimes Lee takes them, sometimes I do, most days we all go. Their lessons are in the indoor pool, but the outdoor pool (where we head after lessons) is the best kept secret in Rutherford county.

Lee being silly in goggles he got for Christmas 2 years ago and has never used. :)

This past lesson they took them to the deep end (13 feet) and had them jump off the diving board. Tyler was no fear and opted for no life jacket or pool noodle. I have to admit, my heart stopped a little when he did that. But he was fine! He swam right to the edge and couldn't wait to do it again. Will was a little more nervous and opted to wear a life jacket (even thought the teacher tried to convince him not to.) He said next time he would take it off. You can kind of see Will walking to the edge of the diving board. Tyler is swimming near the edge, he had just jumped. 

Since we are in the pool so much, I took a lesson from Nancy Futral and we (try) to do ear drops every day. She said her kids pediatrician told her to use half alcohol and half white vinegar for a swimmers ear drop. I figure if it's good enough for her 8 kids, it's good enough for us!

This is actually a picture of Lee and Tyler lying on one side for the ear drops, but they fell asleep right after, so it's also a napping picture. :)

And that's all we were up to this week!