Swimming!

We haven't been doing much this summer, but the kids have loved the pool.  Jim Beau will now wear his puddle jumper floatie and loves swimming in the big pool all by himself.   He actually swam in his first swim meet (kickboard) a few weeks ago.   He had an older girl helper in the lane with him, but we didn't realize that he was going to have to jump in at the start.   The other kids were halfway down the pool before Jim Beau had the courage to jump in!  The video isn't great but you can sort of tell when he jumps in because the crowd gives a cheer.  By the end of the race he was loving it and loving all of us cheering for him.

Sister, Jane Ritchie, is doing awesome at swim.  She got first place in freestyle over the weekend and continues to improve.  Must add a video of her on here, too!   This is backstroke from a few weeks ago.  She finished second (only to a boy!).    Excuse momma cheering too loudly in the video!  That's her with the pink goggles.