Splish Splash

To me the perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, and there is a pool to jump into. 


I grew up spending my summers in or near a swimming pool. I would spend hours in the pool with the neighborhood kids joking around, or spend my Saturdays playing cards waiting for my turn to swim in a competition. As I got older, I worked as a lifeguard and taught swim lessons. 


I wanted to pass my love of the water on to Aaron at a very young age. I signed Aj up for swim lessons the day after I got the "all clear" from his doctors. 

At first Aj was a little scared of the pool. He held on tight like a little monkey, not wanting to be far away from me. When I put Aj's head under water for the first time he came up shocked and not sure what to make of the whole situation. He decided that it was not something that he liked and cried for the rest of the class. I understood why he cried, I would have cried too! It is scary to try new things, but it is my job to make sure that he learns that trying new things can be a lot of fun. So we went swimming again and again until I started to see a smile spread across his face with sheer delight of being in that water

Over the next couple of weeks we would sit in Aj's little baby pool or go next door to the neighbors house and us there pool. Aj learned that it could be fun to put his face in the water and even started to do it on his own. I love that when we get into a pool he has started kicking his legs really quick with the michive smile on his face. If I place Aj on the side of the pool he leans forward to do a sitting dive in, and will laugh the whole time. He is not afraid of the water anymore, in fact just the opposite. If we are near a pool he will do a made dash towards it, whether we are ready or not to go in.

Today after we got done swimming we were taking a shower I looked down and saw a nice tan back and a light white behind. You official have a tan line my little friend.

  It is officially Summer time Baby!