Disney Music; Diving Board

Today was a very exciting day. Sarah went off the diving boards in the deep end of the pool for the first time! She's taking swimming lessons this week, and can now swim well enough to get herself to the side. Sarah and Alison were at the pool in the evening while David and Nicholas went to the gym. Alison was actually guest-teaching her water aerobics class (the regular instructor is away this week) in the shallow end, when she noticed Sarah going on a diving board. Some of the ladies in the class just said, "Oh, she's gone off the boards a couple times already". Sarah made friends with a boy while swimming, and went with the boy and his dad to go off the boards. It was the boy's first time off the diving boards as well. Sarah jumped off a few more times - including off the high dive! We've since explained to Sarah to let us know when she's going in the deep end. *grin*

Even more exciting - Alison won concert tickets to see the Disney Music Block Party Tour! Sarah's favorite album right now is Here Come the 123s by They Might Be Giants. She has been seeing commercials for the tour on the Disney TV channels, and just a couple days ago, we noticed that the tour was coming near us. It's a show in the afternoon and evening with several different kids acts, ending with TMBG. After finding out the ticket prices were $36, we spent some time debating if Alison and Sarah should go or not. But while driving home, Alison heard on the radio that they were going to give away tickets. She got home, kept the radio on, and called in when they announced it - and she was caller #10 and the winner! She'll be contacted by the promotions department with the details; the concert is next week.