Busy, busy!!

Well, it's been a few days since my last post. Our Internet connection has been down for several days now. It is just amazing how dependant on the computer I have become. It's actually quite sad. I feel left out of the loop and it's only been a few days! It has been a busy week so far! Swimming lessons, session 2, started today. It was quite the drama this morning. Jake's lesson was first. I felt so sorry for Mrs. Amy, the instructor. Jake was the good one out of the four!!!! He was the only one in his group that has been in Mrs. Amy's lessons before so he got to "help" out by being the line leader when they moved to a deeper part of the pool to do jumps. He also got to show the other three how to do things like floating on his back, getting the diving rings, etc. He thought he was HOT STUFF! He was quite concerned about his fellow students. two of them were screamers (as in they screamed the whole time). They still had to do what Mrs. Amy told them to do, but they screamed anytime they were above water. The little boy screamer ran away from Amy twice, but was tracked down and put back in the water. The little girl screamer was one of a set of sisters. Her sister while not screaming, was a "jumper". That girl sank like a stone, but continually did things that made her fall of the steps. One time she decided that she didn't want to wait for her turn to go and just jumped in the pool. She, of course, had to be pulled up off the bottom by Mrs. Amy several times. This little girl would come up gagging and coughing, but it didn't seem to slow her down any!! Jake was quite concerned about the screamers. He kept trying to calm them down by telling them "it's OK. Its not scary. Ms Amy will help you swim. The water doesn't hurt you. There are not fish in Mrs Amy's pool. Ms Amy there are no fish in your pool right?" "right Jake, there are no fish in Mrs Amy's pool." "there isn't even any sharks either, so you don't have to cry". He is such a riot! Kaylee and Ethan's class was next. Kaylee did really well. I don't think it will be long before she is off and swimming well. Ethan on the other hand won't put his face in all the way and panics a little bit when its his turn. He did all that was asked of him and he tried really hard, but I think he was really nervous. I am hoping that tomorrow will be better for him. Who knows, he may surprise me. Heavens knows that's happened before!! Jaden is doing quite well. His cold is finally starting to clear up and so that is a relief to both him and me!! I thought it was never going to end!! Jaden's newest thing is dancing. Yes, you read right, the little boy that can't walk yet loves dancing. He has always loved music. Of all the kids, he is the only one who actually would stop crying if I started to sing to him. Unlike the other three who would usually just scream louder when I sang to them!! He stands up holding on to what ever he can find and bounces to the music. If you turn it off he stops and looks at you like "HEY!! I was busy here!!" He doesn't seem to care yet what kind of music it is. You should see him when we sing at family home evening. When he hears the kids and I sing songs like "5 little ducks went out to play" or "popcorn popping" his whole face just lights up and he is enthralled! He is at the age when his personality starts to show itself and it is just so much fun to see what he will learn next!