Thursday, July 9, 2009

New Skills!

Fernanda had her first swim lesson today and in 30 minutes learned some forward and backward strokes, kicking and floating, and jumping in! After the lesson she practiced for about 45 minutes -- she is really persistent when she wants to learn something new. Here she is jumping in:
Wendy watched the swim lesson for a little while, then went and played in the shallow end with her "cosito" -- a tupperware she uses to dump water on herself. She is getting more and more comfortable in the water and is putting her face in and moving along the wall. She came upstairs early to help make pizza for dinner:
After dinner we went for a walk by the river with Adriana, who is staying with us. She took this picture:


Overall it has been a great week. Camp has been a really nice addition. Though I think the kids might prefer a bit more activity (and we are going to put them into a sports camp for the week after art camp ends), they seem to be enjoying themselves well enough, learning some English, and making some new friends. There has been a bit of resistance to going to bed (!!) but once they fall asleep they sleep soundly straight through the night. We have really been enjoying our time together.
We go to Tivoli tonight for the weekend, so no more posts til next week as we don't have computer access.

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