Swimming with Cousins

We were able to go to Nana & Papa's house for the 4th of July this year. Before the fireworks, we were able to go swimming and spend time with everyone at the pool. Kyler has turned into a little fish! He does not quite have the hang of swimming on his own yet, but he did finally learn how to use arm floaties and started to get around on his own! Can I tell you how nice it is that at least one child doesn't need constant attention? It is so nice to have a little reprieve from the stress swimming brings to me. Damon is now somewhat scared of the water which good and bad. He won't listen to anyone to try and swim, but he wants to play so badly! Radley is fearless as ever! He is the scariest of all to have at the pool. He is not scared of anything and doesn't know he needs to be careful. My boys are becoming little water babies!!

He was having a blast!

A baby on a mission...

Finally he started to get in the water.  He was very proud of himself.

Kyler was brave and decided to go on the slide with Daddy.

He wouldn't go on the slide by himself, so he thought it was a better idea to jump in the deep end on this raft.  Luckily he didn't fall off!

Papa tried get Damon a little more comfortable, but Damon had to decide for himself that he could do it.  He won't let anyone tell him what to do!

Kyler finally put some floaties on (thanks to Gentry being done using hers hence the pink) and went down the slide by himself.

It was so fun to see Kyler gain some independence in the water!

He had so much fun doing the slide and knowing he could do it by himself!

Meanwhile, these 3 needed to take a snack break.  Gentry was kind enough to share her Cheetos with Damon and Radley and even fed them!

This little Diva... I couldn't help but get a shot of this pose!

Kyler loved that his floaties helped him to float on his back.  His teacher tried to show him how to do this in swim lessons, and he could do it much better with the floaties.

This guy has incredible aim with squirt guns!  He can shoot and hit anyone he wants.

Kyler thought he had to hold his breath from the top of the slide!!

Right before we left, Kyler thought he was pretty cool when he went down the slide head first!