Swimming!

I am so glad that we have a swimming pool -- Rand and Ella have been swimming nearly every day this summer. Ella can now dog paddle around by herself when she is wearing her lifejacket. Rand just started swimming without floaties last week. He even jumps off of the side of the pool into the water and comes up beaming.

We have a little rocket that Rand loves to pick up off of the bottom of the pool. A couple of days ago I threw some pennies into the shallow end. He was so persistent and kept trying and trying until he picked them all up, and then he tossed them in to do it again!

It is very cool to see him so proud of himself.