Why I love Wednesdays

Wednesday is family night at the gym. I try to never work late on Wedn. and Shane and Jasmine meet me there for our "family night out." Jasmine knows that Wedn. is gym day and we all look forward to it. Now that the warm weather is sticking around and the evenings are light, we get to do fun things like this...
Here's Jasmine, running to get her goggles after realizing that her new friend, Grace, is in the pool too.
Can you see a little goggled face in the background? That's Grace, a 4 1/2 year old, also from China. Pure serendipity that we have met her at the gym. We all seem to gravitate towards the pool at the same time. Grace is an inspiration to all of us, swimming under water across the length of the pool. I asked her if she was part fish or mermaid, but she denied that was the case. With Grace's influence, Jasmine put her face in the water for the first time tonight and started blowing bubbles. We can't wait to show off at swim lesson on Friday.

The downside of these fun evenings is that Jasmine gets to bed waaay past her bedtime. I feel pretty guilty about it, but it's our only day of the week that works out this way.