The temperatures in Grand Rapids today reached the 90's, so we headed to the pool for the afternoon! Since the kids absolutely love the water, a good time was had by all! The water play area was where they wanted to start.
Both kids enjoyed the falling water, playing with the noodles and basketballs, and just running around in the shallow water.
After eating some lunch, we ventured over to the main pool. Almost immediately Faith shared that she wanted to go jump off the diving board. Since this is something she has never done before, I was nervous! After practicing a few times off the edge of the pool in an area that was fairly deep, she felt confident to jump from the diving board! The above picture is of one of her first few jumps! She started by jumping to the side as that ensured that she was close to the ladder and the edge; Steve was also in the water to the side too!
After a few knee-knocking jumps, she gained quite a bit of confidence and started jumping straight off the board!
Doing some keen observing of how all the other kids jumped off the board, she soon started bouncing a bit on the board before jumping off! We were all amazed at how well she was doing! And she had an absolute blast! She literally jumped for three hours straight! After jumping she would swim to the edge, climb out, and go to the back of the line! I kept thinking that she would tire of doing this, but she just loved it! It was a wonderful day at the pool!
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