Playing in the pool

The boys have been playing in the Baja deck of my parents' pool. It is less than a foot deep - and Jac can very easily walk around in it. He has also discovered that he can do a modified sort of swim. He puts his hands down on the bottom of the Baja deck and then lets his body float out behind him - doing this he can then walk around on his hands and use his hands and a little bit of his legs to propel himself around! So much fun! His arms are just long enough that he has to really work to keep his face out of the water - and so there has been some swallowing of water. He doesn't seem deterred by it though, and has been having a great time, "swimming" around!

The other cool thing is that we taught him about the, "stop line" at the edge of the Baja deck. This is a line of white tiles on the background of the dark blue bottom of the pool - very clearly visible. We taught him that he has to stop at this line - so he goes up to the line - not too close - and then tells me "stop line". So cute!

It is amazing how many words he has now - I cannot! count anymore - and he repeats so many things! It is truly amazing to watch him acquire language!