diving

You know what is really cute? A 3 yr old diving into the deep end. But - don't tell him that! Rather, tell him "No diving! No flipping, either! You are too little!" Flipping came after the diving.

Last week, there were 2 kids and their dad at the pool playing with us. The daughter, Stephanie was maybe 12 and the son, Steven was probably 10. They are the ones I mentioned in the "mini vacation" post's last paragraph. They were learning to dive, but you could tell the lessons had just started. Well, Steven and his father were at the pool again this morning (without Stephanie)and Carl & Gretchen couldn't have been happier! It was just us and them until about 11:30. It is so nice having the entire pool to yourselves, might I add! But, Carl remembered that last week, Steven was learning to dive so this week, Carl stood right next to him - bent over at the waist and actually pushed off with his legs and went into that pool head first. OK, kind of belly first. He kept his arms down by his side, though. He did this several times and some of them, he tucked his head under enough that he actually flipped over. We did try to coach him to put his arms up - and he did it. He is really close. But, then we remembered to discourage this behavior and talked him into the big tunnel slide.

Did I mention he likes to go down that on his belly, head first?

The kid is a fearless fish.