Goggle Me!

This summer it seems that the heat has necessitated that we spend every waking moment we can in the pool. As result, Sabrinas hair is green, Anabelle lives in swimmie diapers and our fingers and toes are almost perpetual prunes! Its a beautiful thing!

Another lovely outcome of the summer of fish living is that the girls rarely fight! They have so much fun in the pool together that there is rarely a piercing shreik (Sabrina) or a tantrum (Anabelle) to be spied in the pool area! One of the only things that could turn pool time sour in a hurry was goggles...those little yellow buggers stole both their hearts and when one would pull it out of the box of pool toys, the other would go nuts! SO after reffing round after round of knock out drag out fights, the lighbulb went on and to target I went! (Yes I know this teaches them a terrible lesson about sharing and learning to take turns, but FYI, for us the teaching oppertunities for this subject are endless these days!)

Enter the Dora and Kai Lan goggles, one for each and made for little noggins to boot! Lets just day, they were a hit! They ran around the house with them on, and checked them out in the mirrors. OH GLEE! However, it was naptime and alas, they had to wait till after for their first swim. (I had to pry them from Anabelles hands while she was kicking and screaming, she wanted to wear them to bed!) After naptime, we got our apples and went outside, geared up for goggle time!
I must say, they looked cutely silly in them and i couldnt resist snapping away!

Testing them out...(I just love wathing them discover the world together, they have such a bond that just melts my heart! Reminds me of MY sissies and all the fun moments we have shared!)


This summer we have seen such a change with the girls and their relationship with the water, Sabrina has totally embraced everything h2o and in the last months has gotten brave enough to jump in on her own (without swimmies in the shallow and with a floatie in the deep) and has even learned to swim unassisted accross the length of the pool and willingly goes under water to find things on the bottom! We're so proud of her courage to try new things in the water and her determination to master what she learned in swimming lessons!
Her "horsie"
Swimming on her back

Jumping in the "deep"

Proud as a peacock!

Anabelle also has embraced the pool in a new way, last year she was limited to floating in a tube or being held...now she can really splash about with much more independance using a variety of floaties! She loves to use her noodle to swim after things for her big sis.All this makes pool time more fun for mom and dad as we dont have to be constantly holding or assiting one or the other and we can enjoy floating the day away too!