Florida Fun! Part 1

Jack can't get enough of the water!


Didn't take long for him to want to jump off the stairs!

The boys

Jack and Daddy

Paul, Jack and I arrived in Florida about a week ago after a long car ride. Jack handled the ride fairly well but did get whiny off and on. But we all felt that way. Since our arrival, it's been non-stop fun and new things! Yes, we've been to Florida before with him. However, he is now at the age where he can do so many things and enjoy them. His favorite of all is swimming. There really must be something to those astrological charts. Jack is an Aquarius. In German, Aquarius translates to "Wassermann" (water man). And ain't THAT the truth.

From day one, he took to the water with no fear whatsoever. He loved splashing and it didn't take long for him to really want to do everything himself. He doesn't want you to help him swim but he can't do it himself yet. By day 2, he was jumping off of the stairs into the water. By day 4, he was jumping off the side of the pool and blowing bubbles in the water and practicing holding his breath On day 5, he tried to jump into the water whenever he could catch you looking away for a second. Paul turned to throw the toy for the dog and Jack plunged in off of the steps. He went down into the water about a foot before Paul could grab him. When he came up, we realized he had held his breath the whole time and had a huge grin on his face. He's simply fearless. But the more fearless he becomes, the more annoyed he gets when you try to help him. And whenever he sees a pool, pond or lake, he points and screams, "AGUA!!" We were thinking that with his build, he'd probably be a football player. But after this past week, we may have a little swimmer on our hands. We're definitely going to look into lessons when we get home!