First Swim

My three favorite boys, Aaron, Lincoln and Ivan. Lincoln is pointing at the moon.

Today was our first swim of 2009 and Ivan's first swim of his life. Sad that we had to wait all the way until the end of June, but there's not much you can do about rainy weather. Today was a beautiful day and the sun was shining, so we took the boys to Veterans' Memorial Pool.

Linc getting all warmed up in his towel during a "pool check" where everyone had to be out of the water

We started out in the kiddy pool, which is ginormous! Lincoln wasn't sure what to think about all the kids running around and laughing and screaming with delight, or the water that was up to his belly button. He clung on to Aaron for most of the time. He did let me take him up onto the play equipment. I made him go down the kiddy slide. He panicked every time and tried to grab onto the bars or the sides of the slide so he wouldn't have to go down, but when Aaron caught him at the bottom, he always asked to go again, so we think he liked it.

Ivan basking in the shade. We were really happy Linc's old swim suit fit him.

After the pool check, we decided to try out Lincoln's new life jacket. There were some big water slides, and Aaron and Lincoln went down them. With Lincoln sitting on Aaron's lap of course. Even though Linc made a hilarious startled face as they came out of the slide and into the water, he still asked to go again.

Lincoln and Mommy warming up in the sun

For the last little bit that we were there we ventured over to the big swimming pool. Ivan had fallen asleep on my should so I picked a shady spot on the side and just put my feet in while I held him. Aaron and Lincoln got in the pool and Aaron taught Lincoln how to float in his life jacket and kick is feet to get where he wanted to go.