Wacky Wednesdays

For several reasons, Wednesdays have quickly become the girls favorite day of the week. 

First, Norah has dance class immediately after early release at 1:30. The class has been going on since the beginning of the school year and she really seems to enjoy it. We send a leotard, tights, tap and ballet shoes every week. The class includes jazz as well. Apparently there will be a program of some sort at the end of the year, so we'll see what Norah has learned. The girls sometimes like to put on music and dance around at our house. When doing this, Norah occasionally does some sort of semi-awkward movement across the floor and I remind Seth that's what a couple hundred dollars gets us. 

Mimi has made it a regular part of her week to pick the girls up early on Wednesdays and spend the afternoon with them. Papa has done it a few times as well. Either way the afternoons seem to frequently involve ice cream and lots of fun for everyone. We appreciate that between dance and Mimi/Papa Norah doesn't have such a long afternoon with YMCA after-school care. 

As if that isn't enough, we started weekly swim lessons in February for both girls on Wednesdays. We go to a new place really close to our house that was opened specifically for this purpose. It's a really nice facility and the instructors seem great. We have been pretty impressed with the girl's progression. 

After about 3-4 lessons, Macy's instructor started helping her go all the way down to the bottom of the pool to retrieve a ring. Check out this video: http://youtu.be/BvE0KzRCF9M.

Norah is learning front and back stroke, and seems to swim farther and farther by herself underwater each week. Another video: http://youtu.be/042nFMWzT9o.

The lessons are at 6:30, so Wednesday evenings are a tad hectic and usually end in a late bedtime, but so far it's worth it. The girls LOVE swim and typically squeal with delight when I tell them it is time to get ready to go. 

One time on the way home Norah said, "Mommy, I really do wish we could just stay there all night." Last week when we were walking out Macy announced, "That was fun." 

Perhaps part of the enjoyment comes from the fact that we signed up with good friends.