While its not the unbearable inferno known as an Oklahoma summer, here in Wisconsin it still gets plenty warm enough to find some water. Also unlike Oklahoma, there is plenty of water to be had here. Chelsea had a few weeks of half day summer school in May and June which included swimming lessons. She absolutely hated it the first week and into the second. Then one day when I picked her up she declared she could swim now. What she meant was that she could swim with the aid of a buoyant backpack.
Clayton hasn't had lessons yet but he is fearless and loves to jump into the water from the side or even the diving board. Oconto reopened the local swimming pool this year so of course we had to get a family pass.
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| Our friends Danni and Gabby join us sometimes. |
But what do you do when you aren't near a pool or a beach? A river works just fine as long as you can 4-wheeler to it right?
The kids have also fallen in love with taking bike rides. Chelsea started the summer with training wheels and managed to crash even with those. We decided it was time she learned how to be a kid though. The beginning didn't go so great and as we got busy with other things riding bikes took a backseat. Practice became very intermittent until one day I was letting them ride around in the garage and driveway.
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| Biscuit staying clear. |
Since then she has been unstoppable. Clayton on the other hand is still plenty slow and will probably need a bigger bike sooner than later. He peddles about as fast as he can but gets very little in return for his effort.
My first summer with my new family is turning out pretty damn amazing. I'm looking forward to many more.
