As I helped my daughters get ready for their skating lessons, another mom looked over. My four girls—ages 9 through 2—were busy putting on their snowpants, chatting with the skate shop lady, and waiting for me to lace their skates for them. She had one daughter, and I could tell by her expression that she […]
A Pool Party for Sunshine’s 10th Birthday!
Sunshine turned ten last month and we celebrated with a party at our local pool. After all the themed parties we’ve thrown for the past several years, we didn’t have any theme ideas this year. There haven’t been any movies like Tangled or Frozen that we’ve gone crazy about. Sunshine and her guests had fun […]
15 Ways We Spend Time as a Family
Spending time together as a family is very important to us. Everyone in the family is happier when we’re all having fun together. And I strongly believe that good relationships now set the stage for good relationships when our kids are teenagers and adults. We try to eat supper together every night and to keep […]
How to Help Your Child Love Swimming
My girls love going swimming with my mom. They proudly tell anyone that Grandma is a lifeguard. She’s also a certified aquafit teacher, instructor trainer, Red Cross consultant, and the head of swim programs at her pool. She knows how to have fun in the water and she helps kids have fun there too. So […]
How To Get Started with Aqua Aerobics
I got into aqua aerobics or aquafit when I was pregnant with Sunshine. Since then, I’ve done it off and on but it’s still one of my favourite forms of exercise. Today, Kaitlin from An Apple Per Day is here to share some information and tips on how to get started with aqua aerobics. One […]
Tips for Swimming with Babies and Toddlers
For Mother’s Day yesterday, we went swimming with the girls—our second time in the pool since Jade’s birth. Sunshine and Lily have been asking to go for several weeks, especially since they have new water wings and goggles. On Wednesday, I figured eight weeks was a good time to introduce Jade to the pool, so […]
What I Learned During My Daughter’s Swim Lesson
Today is Lily’s last swim lesson. In the past eight weeks, I think I’ve learned more about her than she’s learned about swimming. Sunshine has done lessons off and on since she was about eight months old, but this was Lily’s first lesson. I wanted to see how she was doing compared to the Red […]
Sunshine Starts Swim Lessons
Sunshine started swim lessons today—Red Cross Sea Otter, half an hour a day for two weeks. I’ve debated for a while about signing her up. Both she and Lily have been in the pool since they were about four months old and both love swimming. My mom is a swim instructor, so I grew up […]
