Swimming

We have taken the boys swimming several times at the outdoor pool on base. It is a super nice pool with a splash pad and a HUGE wading pool. Really HUGE...probably 15ft x 15ft. The boys love it. In Washington, we never went to the pool. For the most part, the days just don't get hot enough. But here, that is no problem.

The first time I took them, they hardly left the wading pool and wouldn't go near the splash pad.

The second time, Gabe began to venture into the big pool and Anthony followed reluctantly. Gabe is turning into quite the fish. By the end of the second trip, he was jumping in and swimming with a parent near by (always in a life jacket). Anthony actually left the safety of the wall, but only for a few feet.

The third time, Gabe is refusing to let you catch him when he jumps. You cannot touch him while he is swimming. If he thought I would get out of the pool while he swam, he would ask me to. (Just so you know, that isn't happening anytime soon) Anthony will now swim where he can't touch. The best part is that Anthony loves the splash pad. It has these pressure water guns that he thinks are fabulous. He doesn't care about getting blasted or anything. Gabe wants nothing to do with the splash pad. I guess to each his own.

We are going to try and go again on Sat if it is nice. I'll try to take Rob's underwater camera and get some pics or a movie...they are truly funny to watch.