At 8:15 this morning we went to the park for Violet to start her first football lesson. We signed her up for Kidz Love Soccer's Daddy/Mummy and Me classes. She really enjoyed her first lesson and did pretty well. The coaches teach the children about colours, animals, shapes and numbers using football as the teaching method. Today was all about colours. Violet (and I) had to pick a colour on the card and them dribble the ball to the flag of the same colour. When we got to the flag Violet had to strike a football pose by standing with her foot on the ball. Violet was definitely the best player in the class, and it was no surprise that she was the smallest.
After today's time at the pool we went shopping for goggles.
Cora has been able to swim under water since last summer, but today she started swimming for real.
She has grown in confidence since I showed her she could stand up in the shallow end of the pool.
I am very proud of my little girl.
Violet's turn is next. I start swimming lessons with her next week at the local city pool.
After lunch we drove down to Ventura and took a walk around Harbor Village. The weather was gorgeous as we walked along the side of the marina.
We stopped for dinner at Andria's, the local fish restaurant, and shared a meal of charbroiled shrimp, rice, coleslaw, fried cod and clam chowder. We arrived just before the huge dinner rush that results in a big queue of people waiting to place their orders.
After dinner, and on our stroll back along the marina to the car, the girls enjoyed a nice ice cream and pointed out all the boats they liked. As we finished our walk Violet started crying about going home without the boat she had previously picked out.
Where the heck would I have put a 30-year-old, 50-foot trawler covered in seagull
1 comment:
Well Done, Cora with your swimming and Violet with the football, you both deserve a ice cream. Love you very much Nan and Pop,xxxxxxxxxxxx
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