summer just got a little more tolerable
Jun 13
Posted by: Scott in: blog, caleb isaiah, clever toys, current events, family, just another day in paradise, memories, parenting
Daddy is coming home with this:
We’re so excited!
—Five hours later—
I wouldn’t exactly call it “ready for water in 45 minutes!” but it didn’t take terribly long considering it is a pool and we’ve never set one up before. Caleb and I have already spent about an hour in it. Me straightening out wrinkles, him splashing and having a slip-sliding great time! After flopping on his belly several times, I got to see the ickyness that is the inside of a diaper. I busted open at the top and the slimy jelly stuff started coming out. Luckily I caught it just as it happened (I think) and we stripped him nekid and got him some swim shorts.
Nothing spectacular here, it is hard to take pictures of a wet kid running around in a pool in the dark.
I’m heading to Kmart tomorrow to get the same thing I learned to swim in (how cute is that kid?!):
I hope he will be a little fish by the end of the summer! Any tips (or websites) on teaching your kids to swim?! Feel free to share!
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June 14th, 2008 10:06 am
Looks like so much fun! I like the arm floats I got at Walmart for Daniel. They were recommended to me by a friend. She things that they are the best thing for getting a child used to the water and how to swim. Do what you think is best for your son, though. Daniel is doing great with the arm floats- just swimming around like a little fish! Last year, he clung to me, though.
Rachel says: Yep. I’m hoping if he gets his confidence up with the bigger float, maybe we can try arm floaties by the end of this season. He’s never been in anything other than a kiddie pool so far, so hopefully the big float will give him plenty of confidence even though he can’t touch (that might freak him out a little at first). He’s a good kicker, so I think he’ll learn pretty quickly that he can get moving by kicking!
June 14th, 2008 10:40 am
That kid is pretty cute . . . but not as gorgeous as Caleb! I want a pool!!!
June 16th, 2008 2:44 pm
Wow! What a great Dad!
Let me know what you think of that particular suit for Caleb.
My kids use either th swimmies or they have a suit that is more like a wetsuit with a float built in.
Both work, but I want something less constricting….plus, the little one needs to wear his at all times when we are swimming….even if he isn’t in the pool since he had a tendency to fall in!