Thursday, July 28, 2005

We found our fish!!


Baby Seal
Originally uploaded by Allan & Cheryl.

Maddy's going to be our swimmer! While we have been despairing that she can't yet even pedal a tricycle at almost 4 years - she outshines both her older sibs in the water!

She's not afraid of getting her face wet like Melissa and not afraid of going in over her knees. Both Melissa and Michael would get in the ocean up to their knees and then flip and and demand in panicky voices that they had to go BACK WHERE IT IS NOT DEEP.

Melissa spent barely any time in the water - flying the kite for a LONG time before being coerced into helping Michael with his sand engineering project.

Turtle Island
Turtle Island
Originally uploaded by Allan & Cheryl.

Maddy spent almost the whole beach time IN the water playing and that gave me good excuse to stay in the water as well. She'll be able to float once she gets the hang of it. I could tell that playing with her.

Otter and Child
Otter and Child
Originally uploaded by Allan & Cheryl.

Michael and Melissa sink (Allan can't float - apparently some body types can't - they have too much bone density).

So I think we've found our family "fish"!

2 comments:

LarryandJean said...

Ahhh, so this is the little fishy for whom we are keeping the backyard pool, eh?

LarryandJean said...

It is very good that she has things that she excels at - by herself. This is definitely something to encourage and I suspect that the others will come along with time. It may be harder for them if they have to "work" to stay afloat.

OC