off with the jacket

and for anyone who thought we actually wear jackets in MS in teh summer you must be crazy!! We're feeling the heat (although the last few days have been OK) and so we hit the pool. Luckily Jeff joined us and challenged Heather to some distance swimming the length of the pool. She really had fun doing that so she did the "swim test" to be able to go off the diving board without a life jacket. She propelled herself through the water (think of that friends episode where Pheobe runs "free" with her arms flailing all around and her legs going sideways but put it in the water) to pass the test. On to the diving board where after two jumps with jeff near the "landing spot" but not touching her she announced that she no longer needed help and did it without him too close (but close enough for my comfort). Now my pool trips will be much more stressful as I'm sure she will think she can do it on her own. Jeff taught Charlie a new game where he stands in the 3-4 foot (over his head) and bounces off the bottom of the pool, comes up for a breath and then does it again. So far he's made 3 touches with two breaths in between. He LOVED it! We came home for the kids to find two cucmbers that were almost a foot long each that had been hiding in the garden. Whew!!

Tomorrow Heather has to go to the dermatologist for a "Nevus Flammeus" according to our base doctor which has grown near her eye. It looks like a raised mole that is red rather than brown. We get to see tomorrow what they say about it. I'm sre it won't be a fun visit and Heather is already sure that it will hurt (which it definitely will if they take it off)