It’s hard to believe that Sienna is 16 months old (almost 17 months) and hasn’t been to an outdoor pool yet. Her first time in a pool was at our church retreat this spring. She loved it, but we saw how Ethan reacted and realized that we had better expose the kids to swimming pools more often.
So, we decided to go late one afternoon (when the prices are lower). When we went we realized that we never went last summer because Sienna was only 4 months old, nursing and not taking a bottle, and napping a lot during the day. I think it just wasn’t worth it to pay that for her to not really do anything other than nurse and sleep. Sadly, that meant that Ethan didn’t go either. So, the last time he went was when he was 18 months old (which, of course, he doesn’t remember).
Sienna absolutely loved the pool today. She especially enjoyed the deep pool where we were totally in the water with her, and she could be thrown up and down and kick her feet a lot. We actually ended up spending more time with her in the big pool and toddler pool than the baby pool, so it’s like she just skipped that pool. Sadly, we only have a few pictures, and it was from when we were first there before going to the big pool.
Ethan enjoyed being there. He liked going down the slide in the toddler pool, but wanted to go over to the big pool. There, he had moments of loving it and moments of being afraid. We got a one-piece suit with built in floats from a consignment shop, and it seemed to do well with helping him stay up in the water. It didn’t keep him totally up where we could just let go of him though. 
Tosha, Ethan, and Evan all on the slide together.
The Beattys just came back from the States in June and brought this float-type thing that Evan is wearing. My mom managed to fit one in an envelope and mail it over here, so we will try that out on Ethan the next time that we go. Thanks Mom!
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