Water Babies

One advantage to living on a river is that on hot days, you can hit the water. Yesterday we drove 2 miles down to a little sandy beach on the river to drop off our cousin, her friend, and their two kayaks. The water babies took off running for the beach. M has no fear of the water and with or without a lifejacket she will wade in up to her shoulders. She loves to float on her back and kick herself around and will do it all by herself (although we stay close because she can get a tinsy bit overconfident). A, who was so scared of the water earlier this year, is now a good little swimmer, putting his face in the water and kicking around with a pool noodle. He was even jumping off rocks into the water. And W, now that he's had some "real" swimming lessons, can swim underwater quite well and so he got to go on the rope swing. It was a lovely way to spend the afternoon.