Tom's first pool "dive"

June 5th, 2010, was the first day it was warm enough for me to use the pool. We had an impromptu pool party with our most reliable guests, the Beckstrands. Tom's first dive off the diving board would be better if you could see the entire video. His belief of his courage far outweighed his ability to follow-through. His speech said he wanted to jump off, but his legs had another idea when he up on the board. Unfortunately, the marvels of modern technology have outsmarted me, and the video I downloaded cut off the funniest part of the video. After Tom "jumped" off the board, he kept climbing up on Jake. As he climbed up, he kept pushing Jake under the water, and saying in his most pleasant reassuring voice, "I got you, I got you."

Katrina was required again, for Tom's second dive. Jake enjoyed catching Tom much more this time. It is reassuring to know that the waterskiing and hotdog lifejackets work well in a calm pool, as well. Jake (with his scant amount of body fat) was much more buoyant with the lifejacket on. You can almost hear Tom's "Huh", which is his "Yes" when asked if he wanted to jump again, as he climbed up on Jake again. The last and third person in the pool is Jane, seen there floating by herself. She has become very confident in that lifejacket, as can go anywhere she wants in it. She does best when someone plays with her in the pool, but lack of a playmate won't keep her out of the water. She has even been known to go down just to look at the pool, give up waiting for someone to join her, begin (and complete) taking off her clothes, and finally, reluctantly go upstairs to get her swimsuit on, only return in a split secnd, ready to climb into her lifejacket and get into the pool. She only lasts about 3 hours before she can be coached to get out of the pool.

We sure have fun with those Beckstrands in the pool!