Pool II

Dave and I took Anna to the pool on Saturday. We started at the baby pool. This time Anna went in on her own with a little coaxing. We brought some toys of our own this time so she proceeded to take her bucket and dump water all over herself but not necessarily on purpose - she acted surprised every time the cool water hit a dry part of her! Dave and I used the time to read and chat with other parents at the pool. It was nice while it lasted!

After some time we ventured into the big pool. Anna definitely wasn't thrilled with the cool water. But after awhile she was happy to be held and dipped as long as Dave or I carried her. She wasn't too excited, however, when we floated her on her back or stomach. So we switched gears and sat her on the edge and showed her how to kick and splash with her hands. Then I brought her to a more shallow area of the pool so I had more control over her and turned her facing me and placed my hands under her chest. She kept her head up well (so much better than last year)and let her legs fall behind her rather than try to climb me like she had only a few minutes earlier. I think she may have even kicked a bit. Since she seemed to enjoy this, I decided to give her a little more freedom and placed her on one of the steps so she could stand in deeper water than the baby pool. She seemed to like that so even though we were on our way out, I decided to take advantage of her enthusiasm and stay in for a bit longer.

All of a sudden she fell face first into the water! Yikes! I swept her up quickly and was expecting quite a scene, but I think she was more stunned than anything. She shook it off so we went for one more 'lap' to end on a high note and got out. As we walked away to get dried off and go home for lunch, she kept pointing back to the big pool and saying 'more'. I was so glad she liked it!

We went to find Dave who was already out and talking to a mom by the baby pool. Anna and I stopped to chat as well, and Anna surprised me again by going into the pool without any encouragement from either of us at all this time. She stayed close by but I liked that she initiated this one all on her own.

We're heading to the pool in a little while and meeting John and Tim there when they're finished working for the day. They wanted to check it out with us before committing to the summer. I hope they decide to join - it would be nice to have some more incentive to go through all of the preparation it takes to get over there - the sun tan lotion alone is enough to deter me!