One Very Busy Girl

 

Addy certainly stayed busy with extracurricular activities this summer.  For eight weeks she played t-ball on Monday and Wednesday mornings and had two evening games. She really enjoyed her time on the field and loved to bat off the tee.  She also really enjoyed all of the fun games they played during practice.  It was a lot of fun watching her experience t-ball for the first time.  I laughed a lot watching her.  She wasn't always the most attentive in the field, drew a lot of great pictures in the dirt, and had a lot of very "important" conversations on the bench while waiting for her turn to hit. During the games she did have several good hits off the tee and fielded a few grounders.  The most important thing was that she obviously had a lot of fun and wants to play again next year. 

Hey Batter Batter!

All smiles while running the bases

Addy also went to a gymnastics class on Friday mornings during the summer.  We switched gyms this summer because she had been to a friend's birthday party at this articular gym in the spring and loved all of the equipment.  So she begged me to let her take classes there.  The schedule actually worked out better for us, so I let her make the switch for the summer.  She really enjoyed her class and loved the fact that Ella who is friend from school and lives in our neighborhood was in class with her.  Carter loved the fact that Ella had a little sister that came to watch as well.  Her name is Ava and she is Carter's new crush.  Every time we walk by their house Carter asks about the next time he will get to see her.  It was really cute watching them play together. 

Practicing on the bar

During the last week of July and first week of August Addy took swim lessons with the town's parks and rec program.  She loves the water and looked forward to going each morning, even though her lessons were at 9 o'clock and the water was always a bit on the chilly side.  During this session she learned to float on her belly and back and learned to push off the wall.  She also took her big leap of the diving board, which is always a moment of excitement for her!

Practicing back glides

Taking her big jump off the diving board

All in all, it is safe to say that Addy had her share of summertime fun and this post doesn't even mention all of the things we did around the lessons and practices.  I must also mention how proud I am of Carter.  During all of these lessons and practices he was a model spectator (most of the time.)  It wasn't always easy for him to sit back and watch his big sis having all the fun, especially during t-ball! He was a true sports through it all and he just kept reminding me that next year he'll get to play t-ball and take swim lessons.  Oh my, two kids t-balling and swimming may be quite the challenge!



Carter was a good sport all summer