swimming

here's the post grandma has been waiting for. all pictures of the kids.

this was our first day taking Reagan swimming... first of all - why do little girls always look so adorable in swimsuits? and why is that the chubby, dimply, rolls on their legs always bring smiles and phrases like "oh, look at those legs?? i love it!" No one ever says that to me - it's a very one-sided world.

she was hysterical walking in the water. she would tighten up her fists and squeel while making this face....

(obviously minus the speghetti, i just wasn't able to capture it going into the water as i was focusing too much on her not slipping at that point)

once in, she seemed to love walking in the water, watching it swirl around her. the best was when she'd start taking these huge slow steps - almost as if she was trying to step up on top of the water instead of just walking through it. i couldn't get the camera to take a decent video of it - so this will have to do...




after she played at the bottom of the slide, she decided she could walk by her self in the water. With grandpa by her side, she made it about 3 steps before she fell. as i'm a totally rational, calm mother i did not freak out like i would have with noah, i camly controlled my desire to scream "MY BABY!!" and instead, seeing that grandpa had already retrieved her up out of the water, i camly put the camera away before i consoled my precious little girl. unfortunately, once in grandpa's arms, there was no getting her back. seriously, she wouldn't leave him - even for me - for about 20 minutes...

 

 

eventually, she recovered and before long was in the water trying to be independant once again.

 

 

as for Noah - he's like an otter. this boy loves the water and if truth be told - he's a much better swimmer than me. I don't have a lot of pictures of him because he spent most of his time under water swimming or going down the slide. i have no doubt he'd stay all day if we'd let him.