Family Life

I got up at five this morning, to go stand in line to register the boys for swimming lessons this spring. It was cold (-8

Today was Parent Participation Day at swimming class. That meant I was in the water with the boys and their instructors, instead of up in the bleachers watching. Daniel and Joel wanted to know how I was going to divide my time between them. They’re in different classes, though at the same time and in [...]

I took the boys to their swimming lesson tonight, the first time for me this season. They started classes last week, but I was away in California and Debbie took them instead. It’s always a rush on a swimming night, urging the boys to hurry up and eat their dinner, packing a bag with towels, [...]

Friends of ours are house-sitting for a client, and invited us over tonight for dinner and a swim. So at the appointed hour we pulled into a long, winding driveway and parked in front of an imposing mansion set up on a hill. The entryway was nice, but nothing unexpected. About right for the expectations [...]

I’ve been taking the boys along to their swimming lessons every Monday for the past few months. The last class was a week ago, so no more swimming for a while. Nevertheless, I still ended up driving to the pool today. This time it was to register the boys for next semester’s swimming classes, due [...]