This summer we spent a lot of time at grandma's pool. (we are sad she has moved and can't go to the pool next summer) My kids love the water and have so much fun splashing and swimming around.
Maddy, William, Carley and Bryson
Maddy wanted to be just like Bryson and Carley so she wore the goggles
At the beginning of the summer Maddy was wearing the yellow tube you see in this picture. She held on for dear life and wouldn't let go of an adult. By the middle of the summer she would float and swim by herself in it and then by the end of the summer we put her in water wings and she would swim around all by herself. She didn't really like to put her head under water, but she loved splashing and playing in the water. She even liked going to the deep end with Bryson
Bryson got to be a very good swimmer and even swam the length of the pool all by himself. He was also learning to tread water.
Carley really learned to swim this summer with strokes and breaths. She could almost swim the width of the pool
Maddy, Grandma and William
Maddy in her water wings
Carley and Eric
One of our favorite swimming traditions is to take a boogie board to the pool and pretend like we are surfing. Eric did this as a child with his pool he has in his backyard. He and his brothers would run on the cement, drop the board in the water and then skim across the top of the water. We brought this board home from Hawaii when we went last summer. Maddy just likes to lay on top of it and get pushed around
Carley standing on top of the boogie board
maddy and Grandma
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