Swim Time

We went to the pool today for Grayson's birthday.  Here in Sierra Vista they have a really nice Aquatic Center and on Mon-Sat mornings they have a "Splash Time" just for kids under 5.  It's basically an open swim time in the shallow pool for the little kids so they aren't getting bombarded by big kids and splashed.  During the regular open swim the pool creates a tidal wave so its like the beach, but they turn that off for "Splash Time"  The pool had a fun slide... at least mommy thought so!  It was a tree slide, but when we went down the water got in his face and he didn't like that so much!  I thought he would enjoy the pool since this summer he loved swimming with us, but when I first put his feet in he didn't think it was so much fun!  

I'm not sure if it was the water or if he was still ticked off that he had to wear that orange wrist band!  His little friend Julia (JuJu) and her mom, Anna, came with us. JuJu wasn't quite sure what to make of it either... but no tears came out of her.  Just hesitation for a long time!

Eventually they both started to like the water once we showed they they could splash like in the bathtub.

Once Grayson stopped crying and was comfortable with the water, we made our way down into the deeper area.  He wasn't so sure of me holding him out in front of me to swim on his belly, but was fine if I held him on my side.  

JuJu got comfortable enough to even try a little kicking and swimming with her arms!

After about 30 minutes Julia was shivering so we headed back home.  While most of these pictures show Grayson not so sure about the whole swim thing... he really did start to have fun!  Especially when we found a little ball for him and Julia to throw back and forth.  I'm sure once we go back a few more times  the kids will get used to it and they'll have a blast!