It's the end of May! It's hot! Like really really really hot! As much as I love the weather in Florida (so much so that I'm not sure I could ever really handle the cold Winter in any other state), I do not like Summers in Florida. Sure the Winter, Spring, and Fall are pretty perfect but the Summers...not so much. You pretty much sweat through your clothes any time you leave the house. I don't like taking Brenna out in the 90 degree + heat because despite 50 spf sunblock, she browns up like bacon in a skillet in under 5 minutes. Plus during the Summer months, it rains almost every afternoon which can put a damper any outdoor plans you may have.
But since it's almost summertime, I'm anticipating spending a lot of time in the pool or at the beach or inlet. And because both sets of grandparents and many friends of ours have pools, swimming lessons for Brenna is a must. After much thought, we decided to enroll Brenna in ISR (
http://www.infantswim.com/). It's a pretty intense survival-style skill program that is 10 minutes a day, 5 days a week for about 6 weeks. It's quite a commitment from the parents to actually get them there each day, but luckily we found an instructor, Kelli Roop, who was willing to work with my schedule. For anyone interested, check out Kelli's website (
http://www.starfishbabies.com/). We are only on our first week but today (Day 4), Brenna actually enjoyed herself. She'd give Kelli high-fives and clap for herself after coming up from an underwater drill. I'll be sure to post some videos as we go along.
Funny story real quick about the first time I took Brenna to the inlet a few months ago. There aren't many waves since its on the intracoastal but occasionally if a boat goes by, some waves will roll in. She was looking at the waves fold onto the coast and I said "Brenna, those are called waves." So she
waved at them and said "HI." LOL "Yep, that's a different kind of
wave but you can still say hello."
I also want to give a shout out to our friends Gary and Christy Winston (friends from high school) that just launched their own clothing line for kids: ever/after clothing. You must check out their website and blog.
