Pool

This was the first night Melanie was in her swimmies by herself all evening.  It was great, and offered a level of independence since I had both the kids by myself.  The very next night, she declared that since now she knows how to swim with her swimmies, it's time to learn how on her own.  A GREAT mindset in general - but I was looking forward to some independence first :)

At Gigi & Poppy's pool, she can touch; so she is much more confident, and will jump in and swim all by herself.  She'll stop and put on her swimmies so she can practice kicking out behind her; and then take them off to see if she can sustain it.  Her own little swim instructor!

Playdate at the pool!

Joey trying to figure it all out

We are down at the pool nearly every evening; Melanie is really increasing in her confidence level, and Joey is just trying to keep up. He'll jump in if you're holding onto his hands, and he sometimes likes to be "dunked" over and over again.  Mostly he just likes to hoard his toys and not share them.  Melanie loves to jump in with her swimmies (doing "cannonballs"), touching the bottom with her toes.  She'll jump in on her own, and swim on her own, in small doses.  We're really enjoying the water!!