We have been having the best summer! We are always with friends and go swimming at different pools almost everyday! Zach is a super swimmer! Unfortunately Connor was traumitized at the beggining of the summer. The first time we went swimming (for this summer) we were at swimming lessons. Of course with three kids by myself, that is a little difficult, but I am determined to conquer whatever I want! Anyway, Zach was in the water with the teacher while Con was waiting for his turn. Con was in the hot tub, which like most hot tubs has a bench all around and then goes deep in the middle. I was right by him outside of the water, but just not quite quick enough. He didn't realize it was just a bench and took a step into the middle, down he went, and just like that he hated water! It scared him so bad, even though it took me just seconds to jump in and get him. From that point it took weeks to even get him to get into the water. It wasn't so horrible though because he was so fearful of the water he wasn't a risk taker, so I didn't have to worry as much when I was at the pool with all three by myself. Eventually, he warmed up, the more we backed off and gave him his time to build up his own courage and do things on his own time. (edit: By the end of the summer he was very brave. Hopefully summer of 2013 he will learn to swim!)
We got a little pool for our backyard for the days we couldn't go out. We thought we would let Gavin take a little dip. It was too bright and he was just a little too little to fully enjoy, but he didn't hate it.
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