Chelan!

If you saw last month's blog, you were briefed on Audrey's boot-camp swim lessons, complete with involuntary dives off the diving board. She was so excited to get to Chelan and show everyone how she could dive. Weeelllllll, not to be a nit-picker, but the above form is not exactly a "dive". Adorable, yes . . . but a dive? Sadly, no.

Not a problem, we have a week to work on the form. Well, we managed to get the hand position correct, but leading with the legs continued to be the result. Probably best as Dad wouldn't let her "dive" in anything more than 3 feet of water.

This year we stayed in a condo next door to our great friends Greg and Jessica. They brought their nephew, Jackson, along with their good friend Georgia, who brought in tow her little ones Ari and Darrin. It was so wonderful to have friends so close and the kids were absolutely perfect together.

Audrey, are you kidding me?! You got Jackson to push you around the pool? So spoiled. In her defense, she did just graduate from Pre-K . . . it had been an exhausting year and she really needed some R&R to recharge the batteries. Ha!

This is much more like my little bundle of energy. By the way Lisa, nice throw! Truth be told, I think Lisa got to let off a little steam with the toss. "Mommy, will you throw me?". "Oh yes Audrey, yes I will!".

Sam definitely warmed up to the water. The first time he went under his reaction had us scared that he would not be that daring. However, after 30 minutes we couldn't keep him out. We literally had to follow him where ever he went as he would be walking along and then just jump in, no matter where he was.

Take a look at our little jumper in the video clip below. Please ignore the annoyed 4 year old. She is realizing in real time that Sam is upping the ante on comanding the parents attention.

We had to force the kids down to the beach. They loved the pool and begrudginly obliged us with one trip down to the sand. As quickly as the kids (and Georgia) would build sand castles, Sam would walk over and stomp on them. He wasn't the "camp favorite" for sure. Sorry Georgia!

In true "Survivor" fashion, when the kids would argue we'd throw them in the raft, push them out to sea, and yell "figure it out!". A true team building exercise. Alas, they were doomed to fail as their parents only gave them one oar.

Jessica had a much better solution to any sibling angst . . . lollipops as big as their faces! Pretty sure I've never seen my daughter smile that big.

Thanks Chelan, see you next year!