I got out of school a bit early one day. Cami’s kids were out for February vacation, so they let me come to the pool with them.
Squiggles will do just about anything that Cami’s kids do, so even though she won’t go near the bathtub without coercion, she enthusiastically donned this life jacket and led me into the pool. She was quite proud of her swimming skills (I think Cami has a video). Basically, she puts her hands in the water and sort of flips them about daintily. When I told her to kick her legs, she managed a sort of frog-like propulsion. Summer swimming lessons, here we come!
Mostly she was delighted to “pahsssssss” (splash) about. Daintily. This girl is refined – no rowdy play for her (yet).
After swimming, I wrapped her in a towel. She was content to sit by Iowa like this for quite a while. She loves being wrapped in a towel, and often brings me a towel (when she’s fully clothed) so that I can wrap her up and sit her on a couch or chair. Blankets, on the other hand, are absolutely out of the question. Silly baby.
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I get chills just looking at this. Maybe it is because the temerature here is 10 below winter and the wind is 20 MPH with gusts toward February. I hope it was an indoor pool.
Fun! She really is such a refined lady, that Amelia.
Look at all that hair! When did that happen? She is looking much too grown up now.
The girls look so warm and happy in their towels. I sure could use a nice warm towel, to wrap up in today. I'm freezing!
You're a super cool mom to get in the pool with your kid Laura. Remember, there is bacteria in those public pools! :-)
Jill - ha ha. The pool is sterile compared to the petri dish otherwise known as my daughter. And super sterile compared to the petri dish known as her daycare. ;-)
Oh, I do have video! I'll send it to you one of these days. Thanks for coming with us. Squiggles splashing delight was epic.
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