Month: July 2013

Quinn really is just a hair short to go down the water slides (you need to be 48\” tall).  We knew from talking to other parents that  certain life guards are more strict than others so we thought we would just keep trying until we found one that would let him go down.

Bingo!  On Sunday we found that lifeguard. Quinn went down several times and then the lifeguards changed.  The next lifeguard measured him and still let him go.

Quinn had a blast.  He especially loved the covered slide because it was dark and spooky and very fast!  Don and I even had some fun going down the slides.

Along with just about everyone else in Westfield, we spent our Fourth of July at the pool.  It was our first warm sunny day in quite some time.

It\’s taken a couple of visits to the pool for Quinn to really get in his swimming groove but I think he\’s there.  He took this years first jump off the diving board.  He tried to do a dive, as it is a diving board, and landed on his tummy.  A quick recovery and then many more feet first jumps 🙂

He is still about 1/4\” shy to go down the slides.  Don and Quinn tried yesterday but the lifeguard was pretty strict and didn\’t let them go down 😦

One of the notes that Quinn\’s teachers made in his progress report was to continue to work on school work over the summer to prevent the \”summer slide\”.

I found a couple of books that were perfect for Quinn with easy tear out pages.  He also has some of his \”homework\” from the school year that we never completed.  So every day, we spend about 15 minutes working on reading, writing, and math.  He\’s happy to do it with me sitting with him.  

The books that seemed right at his level are for 1st grade.  The pages get progressively harder but right now he has no problem with this level.

Working on the beginning consonant sound.