From swimming lessons to stormy weather

Frances and her friend Brayden had their first swimming lesson yesterday. They will be going once a week for 30 minutes.

Frances is a fish and absolutely loves to be in the water! It was a little different for her to have to follow directions and have some structure to her swimming but it is good for her:) She did awesome for her first time! Brayden's mom and I got to watch through a glass window. The best part was when Frances appeared to be plugging her ears (I know, most kids plug their noses). Frances did not want to listen to the instructor. Thank goodness she couldn't see me because it was hard not to smile at her obstinence:) Where does she get it?

NOW THE STORMY WEATHER...

Last night at about 3 am. Frances woke up and got sick. This is the first time she has ever had the stomach flu so we are pretty lucky. At the same time as she began to rumble so did the sky. We had quite the thunderstorm last night! Luckily once Frances was cleaned up she went back to sleep until 6:30 when Mitch was getting ready for work. The storm was so bad that all of our patio furniture blew over and most of it is in the yard. I thought for sure that our bedroom window was going to blow in and that I could hear shingles flying off the roof. The sump pump has been running all day and it is raining again now. At least the lake has water again right?

About Frances...she continued to be sick all morning but has done a great job of letting me know when it is coming. We made her a big "kitty bed" with the cushion from a papazan chair and covered it with a blanket. I have hung on to this cusion for almost six years as the chair broke but I just knew the cusion would have some use! She has loved the way I allowed her to watch movies all day and I fear she will want to be sick more often. Not only has she laid around and watched tv but I have been giving her "pop" (sprite). She won't really eat for me. Got a few pretzels in but nothing else and they didn't stay. Hope no one else gets it! Mitch has a birthday this weekend and that would not be fun for him!