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04 February 2010

Water Baby!







One of my favorite stories from Steve's childhood is the time his parents pretended their van was breaking down, stopped at a hotel to 'make a phone call', and surprised the family with an overnight at a hotel. . . with a pool! When this guy talks about staying at hotels with pools, you just can't help but smile.






So for our trip up north, we decided to do just that and have a place for our niece, nephew, and Emma could swim! After checking with our SIL to see what exactly Emma should swim in and picking up some water diapers at Target, we were set! We shoved Emma in a little swimmer and off to the pool we headed! While Henry & Clare did a great job talking about "not scaring baby Emma," the noise & excitement of a 3 & 5 year-old in a pool just can't be easily contained, so Emma was a little freaked out. Couple that with the fact that her morning nap had gotten cut short by the arrival of everyone and her fun meter was a little low.






Steve thought he'd traumatized her until the next day when we got her back in, all by herself, and watched with wonder as she got comfortable splashing in the water, smiling, and seeming to enjoy herself. Go figure we didn't have a camera with us for the 2nd swim!






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