swimming

On Monday, we went to my parents' house for a cookout. It was Eli's first time in the pool this season. My Dad heated the pool so it wasn't too oppresive upon entering the water. He also had the adjacent hot tub heated even more than the pool.

So Eli and Daddy did a little swimming in the pool. At first he wasn't sure what to make of the pool. He wanted to get in, then he wanted out, then he wanted to get in again.

Then he wanted to hang out with the boys and get in the hot tub. He liked the hot tub much better, as it was smaller and warmer. And he loves to splash, as the picture shows! He also LOVED putting his head under the water, which sounds scary, but he knew to pull up right away. What he did not seem to understand was that getting into the water is a gradual thing and needs to be performed carefully, like going down the stairs perhaps....so he would get out of the hot tub and then do a flying leap right into it again, trusting we would catch him. Oh goodness, the fearlessness of a toddler boy.

And what a nice way to top off a day of swimming? Having Mom Mom feed you cheese curls for the first time! He loved them and sucked all of the cheese off!

Swimming all day + cheese curls + dogs and kids everywhere = one tired boy!