Farewell to Summer

The kids have spent most of the summer in swimsuits.  I put them in 6 weeks of swim lessons at the YMCA.  We wanted them to become stronger swimmers, yes, but it was also a good routine to have each morning and they loved it.  Coy missed out because I wasn't interested in launching my whale belly into the water each morning for a "Mommy and Me" class.  He had just as much fun in the child watch where, as he will tell you, " I play TRAINS, CARS!" The kids insisted they needed goggles to become efficient swimmers so I invested.  Dashle and Emery wore theirs religiously while we have yet to locate Addie's.  She lost them shortly after the purchase. She never expressed as much passion for them as her siblings except when at the store to buy them.  Isn't there one of those kids in each family?  They convince themselves (and you) they just NEED it yet once it gets home it is never used except for an occasional purpose for which the product initially was not intended.