Jumping in

Today Elissa decided that it was fun to jump into the pool, feet first. She's been pretty conservative up until this point, only jumping in from one of the steps when already half way in.

Once she'd done it once, she wanted to do it again and again, slowly increasing her height and distance. She's doesn't like the water getting into her eyes, but still refuses to wear goggles. Two of her friends visited recently, Chelsea (~8) and Abbey (~6), both of whom were perfectly happy to put them on. I thought having bigger kids wear them might inspire her, but it hasn't so far.


Below is a 10 second video clip, including a live laugh track courtesy of the studio audience, Susanne and Isaac.



Isaac still isn't quite as keen on the water as Elissa, but he's much more comfortable floating around for a while than he used to be. His favourite activities are chasing the "noodle noodle noodle" or floating thermometer, which has a plastic frog on top.

Most of the time, however, he'd rather be outside the pool, running laps while giggling madly, perhaps because it ensures we have to chase or follow him closely in case he cuts a corner a little too closely. He also likes to throw in any pool toys or floats that aren't already in the water.


This is Isaac "flying" the little people toy plane. Susanne has a much smaller one nearby, almost out of shot. It would probably be safer to swap the two, as Isaac will often discard toys with extreme prejudice when something else takes his fancy.