And She’s Off!
After a four day weekend, Ada is back on her school schedule…as a Kindergartner! She’s in the same classroom with the same teachers that she has had for the last two years. She’ll be with some of her same friends, some friends will be gone, and some new friends will come in. All we had to do is bring back her bag with her indoor shoes and a couple changes of clothes. Her rain boots live there. There is no huge shopping list of supplies. They supply lunch*. She gets to wear her hair down again since they only swim during summer school. There is no first day of school photo of her because to me, they are mostly uninspired and typical. Plus, I’m all for school and today doesn’t feel like that big of an event for me. However, I do need to start planning for the End of Summer: 2010 photo. I have my idea. I just need find my location.
Jay went to preschool yesterday, so Ada and I spent the entire day together. Her first choice of activity was Harry Potter Legos. We finished the 4th year. Now we need to go back through the game on free play to collect all the missing items. Her other activity of choice was swimming. The pool opens at 3:30, so that’s what we did until it was time to pick up Jay. While she needed help getting into position, she succeeded in her first unsupported back float yesterday. It has been difficult for She Of Very Little Body Fat to master floating. I think it finally happened because she’s confident enough in the water to swim, she’s relaxing more to float. She can do a face float now too, all by herself. She attempted to do a flip under water many times. She did about as well as an uncoordinated 5 year old would, but she didn’t hesitate to keep trying.
As for swimming for me, my swim suit, at least the bottoms**, are too big. Yesterday was the last day that I’m going to wear them before I tempt an embarrassing moment at the pool. I can get my smaller suit combo on, but it is really tight. We might have to give up swimming for a bit until my other suit is more comfortable on me.
*Rather good lunches, too. I did volunteer packing alternative food for her on days where there is high dairy content, but the kitchen has been doing a great job at providing her with alternatives. She even got coconut milk ice cream for their last day of summer school treat.
**Buying separates is the best way to get a suit to fit my disproportional frame.
