Kennedy took swimming lessons about 2 summers ago, but I'm sure very little of that stuck with her. She's generally safe around the pool as far as not jumping in without an adult and staying away from the edge.
Dillon, on the other hand, is like an accident waiting to happen. He spent the first hour and a half of the evening scared to even get slightly wet. He sat on the edge of the pool, insisting that he dangle his feet in the deep end rather than by the steps, and whining every time a droplet of water landed on or near him. "No, not me! Not mine hair! Not get me wet!! No, no, no!!"
Sydney enjoyed the water for about 5 minutes, then she decided that the berries and the grandparents looked alot more exciting. She chose to wrap up in her towel and sit with Grandma and Papa.
After about a half an hour of practice, Kennedy became confident enough to paddle around in a life jacket and innertube.
Kennedy enjoys paddling around
Jason then started to ease Dillon in to the pool a little at a time- first his feet, then up to his knees, back and forth from side to side, getting Dillon to focus more on how fast they were going rather than how deep he was in the water. Eventually, Dillon wanted to put on the life jacket and paddle around with the innertube. Then, he sat in the floating seahorse innertube and paddled himself around. He even splashed his own head!
Dillon in the deep end
Dillon paddles around on his seahorse
The night wouldn't have been complete without friends, so Marcus, Rex and Kylie came over, and Kiki, Olivia, Rocco and Steven stopped by.
Olivia enjoys swimming too!
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