JUMP (or drop)

Last night we headed on possibly our last trip to the pool this summer (we will see what the rest of August bring us). The day was warm, the pool cool. VW was so excited to go with his cousin NR to what he fondly calls the "big pool" (the country club) vs. the gyms pool. He swam and swam and even tried out NRs goggles. He even jumped to Mommy off the board all by himself! He has battled his concerns of the pool this summer and has beat them! We are so proud to watch him grow!

DG loves the pool! Once he escaped me and Aunt M was on the run. They went all around the outside of the pool until he excitedly grabbed the ladder of the diving board. He had arrived to his destination. He so wanted to jump off the board like the big kids. (We cannot keep him away from the 5-foot long slides at the gym and often have to leave because of the exhaustion of fighting him). The sparkle in his eyes, the excited grunts of his voice, and the tight grip on the ladder. So...what does any second-child, lifeguarding mother do? You let your son jump off the board!

Aunt M helped DG up to the board, DG gripped tightly to his Cousin IM hands all the way to the end of the board and was gracefully lowered down to Mommy and Daddy's hands! The pure joy in DGs smile and giggle was priceless. He didn't even get his head wet with his lifejacket and Mom and Dad's tight grip, but he had accomplished his goal! AND of course, wanted to do it again!! Next, Cousin EK helped DG off the board with pure delight!

Thank goodness it is the end of summer and not the beginning...