Baseball ended a couple weeks ago. We had a party and Reggie got a medal and a bat and a ball. He had a great year and was very excited about catching, but never really wanted to practice hitting. He would get very frustrated because he hardly ever hit the ball. It is really hard to hit the ball when you don’t look at it! Anyway, he was very excited about his new bat and wanted to give it a try, so the next day I went out with him and he swung and swung and swung. He wanted to get the T and I said, “let’s give it a couple more tries.” I kept throwing the ball closer and closer to him and he had to look at it because it was about to hit him. It seemed to click after that and he was launching balls across the street and into the creek. Now, he loves hitting and the season is over…go figure :o). 
Now we’re on to swimming. 2 weeks ago, Reggie wouldn’t put his face in the water and now he is doing 5 strokes with his face in the water. It is a lot to figure out, with kicking, holding your breath and using your arms, but he’s improving every time. He loves it, which is most important. We’ve been going to the swim center the past couple Sundays and all he wants to do is tread water, go under and jump off the side. We are going to have a fun summer and I think he is going to tire us all out!!! Ainsley, on the other hand, isn’t catching on quite so quickly. She kicks and will dip her ear in the water, but nothing more and today said she wasn't going to swim. Reggie was the same way at her age, so we’ll just wait it out and when she’s ready, it will click. She’ll just be in a life jacket all summer! 
Ainsley has decided to give gymnastics a break and try dancing. Her friend, Naomi goes to dance, so they talk a lot about it a lot. Some other friends gave us dance outfits and the shoes and she wore them for a week straight!!! Her feet were so red from the ballet shoes, so, thankfully, she’s given them a little break. Here’s a clip of the little dancer (notice she can't take her eyes off of herself!):
Now we’re on to swimming. 2 weeks ago, Reggie wouldn’t put his face in the water and now he is doing 5 strokes with his face in the water. It is a lot to figure out, with kicking, holding your breath and using your arms, but he’s improving every time. He loves it, which is most important. We’ve been going to the swim center the past couple Sundays and all he wants to do is tread water, go under and jump off the side. We are going to have a fun summer and I think he is going to tire us all out!!! Ainsley, on the other hand, isn’t catching on quite so quickly. She kicks and will dip her ear in the water, but nothing more and today said she wasn't going to swim. Reggie was the same way at her age, so we’ll just wait it out and when she’s ready, it will click. She’ll just be in a life jacket all summer! Ainsley has decided to give gymnastics a break and try dancing. Her friend, Naomi goes to dance, so they talk a lot about it a lot. Some other friends gave us dance outfits and the shoes and she wore them for a week straight!!! Her feet were so red from the ballet shoes, so, thankfully, she’s given them a little break. Here’s a clip of the little dancer (notice she can't take her eyes off of herself!):We tried out Naomi's dance class and it was a hit. Ainsley jumped right in and looked like she had danced before. She said she wants to do faster dancing, so we might try Jazz, but she really had a good time.
Two peas in a pod:
She’s also found her biking legs and loves to ride her own bike. We went to a birthday party bike parade and she could not stop grinning. She rode around the park with the big kids and honked her little horn. It was pretty cute.
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