A Summer Snapshot

So now that summer is almost over (at least for the rest of the country, we still have a good spell of unadulterated heat and humidity to go through), I'm finally getting around to what we did this summer. It was pretty laid back and low key overall. A lot of trying to not be hot and learning to not drown, all very important things in my book.

 

 

• Quinn took a total of 8 weeks of swim lessons this summer. I didn't intend for him to take them for so long, but he was getting a lot out of it and really enjoyed it. Except the first day, when he wouldn't even get in the water. But he quickly learned to love it, as you will see later. 

 

 Sorry for the junky cell phone pic on this one

 

•  We had a fun 4th of July hanging out with family. While it was rainy during the day, we were able to get out to the local cool spot, the Costco parking lot, to see some fireworks. Here is a great picture of Quinn and some of his cousins. 

 

•  As was witnessed in my few earlier blog posts of the summer, there was a lot of time spent watching "the games". Here is my adorable future Olympic champion!

•  And now back to swim lessons, here he is at the end of the summer. Yup, jumping off the diving board by himself! It took some prodding, but by the end of his 2nd time through Level 2, he jumped off the diving board 3 times by himself. Overall, I'm very impressed with how well he has done swimming. He can now swim a pretty good length by himself, and can definitely get himself to the wall of the pool, which is really what I wanted. And to top it off, he had a great time! Thank you Brandon Sport & Aquatic Center for making my sweetheart a little fish!
  

 

 

•  And then we finally got back to Disney! That doesn't do much for the not being hot part of my summer goals, but its Disney, so who cares! Our passes came back into effect on August 17 and on August 18 we were there! We met our friends Kate, Khan, and Lily at Epcot. While we were waiting for them, we saw a short line for Sleeping Beauty. Quinn had never "met" a princess before, so he was pretty excited. She spent quite a bit of time talking to him, and I think their conversation revolved around toys and dragons. She left a very nice kiss print on his cheek, which was too cute.

 



Quinn and Aurora in a very intense conversation.





What an adorable couple!!

 

 

• And then, last Saturday, Quinn turned 4.5. Sniff, sniff, he's so big. So we of course, went to Disney. A little time at Animal Kingdom, a little food at Epcot, a great time for our family. We ended up going on the safari towards the end of the day, and it was the best safari ride I've ever been on. Lots of animals were out and we were able to see the male lion up and pacing on the rocks. He eyed our truck a few times, which while a bit scary, was a bit awesome too. The picture below is Quinn posing in front of Expedition Everest. He said he would go on that when he's bigger. 



That's pretty much our summer. Quinn's first official day of pre-K was supposed to be today, but thanks to TS Isaac, we're at home with sunshine streaming in the window. Gotta love Florida!! Look for a school update tomorrow.