I took the kids swimming on Friday evening last week (indoor pool of course - spring has yet to arrive). In past swimming experiences, Adam and I have had "hold your breath contests" to see who could stay under the water the longest. After about 15 minutes in the pool, I asked him why he hadn't even put his head in the water yet. His reply: "I can't do it with this much caffeine." "Caffeine?" I asked. "Where did you get caffeine?" He stared blankly at me, then looked kind of sheepish as he realized he use the wrong word. "Oh, what is that stuff called that kind of smells in the pool?". Ah - now we were understanding each other - it was chlorine he was after.
The kids all had a good time. Cautious Anna was brave enough to venture clear down to the fourth step in the entrance to the pool. She refused to go where she couldn't touch - even if I was holding her. Lizzy, on the other hand, would have been just tickled to be at the bottom of the deepend. No fear whatsoever. Since she's only two feet tall, I had to stay pretty close by all the time or she would have ended up at the bottom. Adam finally did dip his head in the water and set a new record for himself. I was able to count to 53 while he was underwater (not seconds, just counts). His old record was in the 30's.
2 comments:
Alia loves the water too. We should take her swimming soon!
That's great about the caffeine - very funny. The sad part is that there actually are people out there "swimming" around in it every day.
How can you keep your eyes and arms out for 3 kids at once at the swimming pool? Or did you have all 4 of them in there? That's pretty amazing.
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