Mom and Dad put in a pool a couple weeks ago. The first few days, Ian wouldn't get off the top two steps... with two arm floaties. Two or three days later, he started jumping in on the sides, and even doing a few flips. He graduated to being thrown, and going under like a fish. He heard one of his buddies talking about swimming with just one floatie, so he thought he'd try it. During one of his flips, he apparently raised his arms, and when he hit the water, his floatie slipped right off his arm. If you know Ian, even a little, you know that this usually means PANIC!! I am so proud... he popped right up, and said calmly, as he was swimming like a little dog, "Uh... excuse me... my floatie... I can't swim, you know." I grabbed him, and a light bulb went off in his head, that he was just swimming! He's everywhere in the pool, now.
And Tucker... he has to do everything "Big Bubba" does, so he'll walk right up to the edge of the pool, and crawl right in. It's so funny. He thinks he's jumping in, and then he has to "go under" so he sticks his whole face in the water. He get strangled every now and then, but that don't stop this determined child! He's definitely one you have to watch all the time.
My boys are getting so big!
Caden's First Birthday
9 years ago
