Swim Time

I did something on Thursday that I had never done before.  I took all six of my kids swimming....by myself!  I had promised my kids that we were going, but a few people that were going to come with us backed out.  But I just didn't have the heart to tell my kids we couldn't go.  So we headed over to the community pool where I laid down my rules before we got out of the car.  I was nervous, but when I got there I realized that we were the only people there.  I had banned the lap pool which left me to watch the kiddie pool and the "beach" style pool where we usually spend most of our time.  I have these little floatie seats for the babies so I plopped them in there, and then got everyone else in.  We had a great time!  If I needed to help any of the other kids, I was able to just leave the babies with McKenna watching them and swim over to help out.  Some people showed up about 30 minutes later, which was a bit more distracting and harder to watch just my kids, but it worked out.  I am glad I didn't wimp out and then disappoint my kids by not going.  I just need to be braver and venture out more with my kids.  If I can keep track of them at a pool then I can probably do a lot more than I realize I am capable of.