Well, when we decided to get a swimming pool, I was a bit apprehensive just because of the safety issues with Lanie. So, I made sure I put her in swim lessons this summer to at least get her started on skills to stay safe in the water. Well, now we have a little mermaid on our hands. She would love to LIVE in the water. Of course, Little Mermaid and Little Mermaid II are her favorite movies and for halloween she is going to be, yes, you guessed it, a mermaid! She amazes me with how well she can swim and how fearless she is in the water. She will dive in from the side and swim across the the other side. Now, she still hasn’t figured out how to get her head out of the water while she is swimming, so she can only go as far as she can hold her breath! SHe swims with her eyes open underwater, and can change direction and maneuver around pretty well. One of the tricks she likes to do is to sit on the beach entry with her back to the water, and then lean back to “fall” into the pool backwards. She gets herself all turned around and pulls herself out of the water. It is quite a sight to see her in the pool.

Most mornings when she wakes up, one of the first things she will say is “I’m going to go in the swimming pool?” And, she has been in the pool several times each week since it was finished. Now, I wonder what we are going to do with her when it gets to cold to be in the pool! She is NOT going to like that!