Thanks for the Memories

How can you complain about anything, anything at all, when your employer is located around the corner from your home, and in addition to paying you well, also includes a full family gym membership with beautifully maintained swimming pools and opportunities to bring friends and family in for swim dates?

Not to mention, flexible scheduling so that you can pick your child up (from the club's day camp, of course) and jump straight into the pool between clients.

This may be the last summer that I'm able to spend the afternoons with Ben and I tried to savor every single minute, even the times when he splashed me in the face, knowing full well that I had to return to work within the hour and the times when he insisted that I swim with him, despite the fact that several children around his age were also swimming.

We started off in the wading pool with the toddlers. I never thought we would make it to the "big" pool, but after two weeks of swim lessons, we did. Ben "practiced" his strokes all summer, even the dreaded back float...




And after a bit of peer pressure, Ben learned that the diving blocks and jumping off the "10" end (as in 10 feet), was kinda fun...



We've had three playgroups there (and as a side note, this playgroup has been meeting since the kids were 9 months old! The mamas are all great friends and three of the five kids will be attending the same school next year. We love our playgroup friends, and moms too!).




DNC has seen countless swim dates. I like these because I can actually sit outside of the pool, preferably in the shade with good reading material, while the kids play under the watchful eye of the very capable lifeguards...




Yes, it has been a good summer, indeed. Thank you, DNC, for providing yet another season of outdoor fun and such a wonderful place to call "our home away from home."