Pool day

Dave took a few days off work last month. We relaxed at home, worked on the fort and went swimming.

Levi is much braver in the water this year. We started swimming lessons yesterday, and he does everything his teacher asks him to.

Brennan is becoming a much stronger swimmer too. He likes hanging out with the big kids in the big pool!

Chloe has always loved the water! She's almost too brave - I have to watch her super close. She's very independent, though, so she doesn't want me to get too close to her.

One of our favorite things about Sinsheimer pool (other than the extremely warm water) is that it has 2 great diving boards.

Brennan was so excited to go off the diving board for the first time. He talked about it for days before we went. But as he walked up to it, he started to get really nervous. He got in line. He got out of line. This went on for a little while. His brothers gave lots of encouragement and promised to buy him a treat if he did it. Finally, I told him to say a little pray and see how he felt - if he was excited, then he should just do it. If he felt scared, then we would walk away. He agreed. He sat down and said a personal prayer. He got so excited! In fact he said he never got an answer that strong before.

With a look of total determination, he went straight to the diving board. He ran down the board and jumped off with no hesitation!

We all cheered! The next time we went to Sinsheimer, he went off the high dive too! Way to go Brennan!

It's always a little chilly in SLO, but at least they keep the water toasty warm!

After the pool we surprised the kids and took them to Doc Bernstein's for ice cream.

We had been to the one in Arroyo Grande a few times, but this one just opened up in SLO. It's on Higuera St., where Cold Stone used to be. Our friend Ron Daniels made the decorations for it.

We got two large sundaes, and everyone got to choose an ice cream flavor. 

Yum! Then we picked up Chipotle for dinner. They opened a new one in our town that day, and we had some BuyOneGetOne coupons. What a fun/delicious day!