Fairly consistently whenever I leave the house with all 4 kids at least 3 people make the comment "you sure have your hands full." The other question I receive regularly is "are you surviving?" The short answer to both questions is YES! We're surviving and managing to have some fun at the same time. Much of this is thanks to my beloved Longview Rec Center. We spent many summer mornings enjoying the outdoor pool. It is an awesome pool - zero entry, water slides, fountains, the "deep" (all of 4.5 feet but to the little ones it's an abyss). Some days I take a babysitter to help and on other days (which are my favorite) I take the twins to the child care inside and then swim with Caden and Claire. The babies like the pool, but they are just as happy inside and quite frankly don't need to be in the sun all that often. This summer Caden has learned to swim. He's not ready for the swim team, but he's making progress every time we go. He's also taking swim lessons. Claire thinks she can swim - big surprise. We started the summer with the swim jacket and wings but now we're minus the wings. Occasionally we're even minus the jacket. I predict full on swimming by next summer for that one.
