Kate and I (and Dan, too, of course, when he's not working!) have been having so much fun this summer; I can't believe we're already into July! The weather has been pretty mild, which is great in terms of not being miserable during pregnancy, although luckily there have been some really hot afternoons that Kate & I have spent at our pool. We can spend hours there; we have such a good time just swimming, talking and being together. She has such an imagination; I love having a three-year-old!
Speaking of pools, Kate took a two-week swimming class at the Sun Prairie Aquatic Center, and she passed (of course!) Out of the 25 items or so on the list, there were only two things she still needed to work on; the back glide and the back float. I had to laugh; one of the items on the list was "does not fear the water." I'm pretty sure Kate had that down pat, oh, two years ago! So she is officially ready to move from Whales into Dolphins (which starts in August).
Other than that, the only other class we are taking this summer is music. Our spring session ended on June 18, and then we start our new session on July 9. There are so many great activities going on in the summer, but I want to have plenty of time to relax, too, before the baby comes, so I wanted to keep our schedule simple.
We've been really enjoying the outdoors; this past weekend, we biked in the Arboretum as a family, which was a ton of fun. Kate & I also met our playgroup at Lunchtime Live on Tuesday, which is this great little free concert at noon on the capitol lawn. She had so much fun (as did I). Then we also met some people from our playgroup at the concert on the square on Wednesday; concerts on the square are definitely one of my favorite summer things in this city. And Kate had so much fun with her new friend Bianca (who is 4.5 but she and Kate just love being together!)
We've also enjoyed playing with friends; Kate has become friends with a girl from her music class (Mary) so we've had a couple of playdates with them at their house, and of course Adelaide is still one of Kate's best friends, so we enjoy seeing them, whether it's at our house, theirs, or Play N Wisconsin. We've been hanging out with Gus (from Tiny Tots) and his mom a fair amount too; we hit up the Wednesday's farmers' market together as well as Madtown Twisters on a rainy day. And our playgroup always has fun activities that we try to take part in on a weekly basis, such as the aforementioned Lunchtime Live, storytime at the Middleton library followed by playing in Bianca's backyard, or the weekly Thursday's playgroup at someone's house (which reminds me... I have to host next week; yikes. Better get cleaning!)
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