I took Sennet down to Medgar Evers Indoor Pool this morning to swim during the open Family Swim hour (10-11am). He did amazing! He grabbed a foam noodle, put it under his arms, and just started kicking across the pool! I was flabbergasted! He used the noodle to ‘swim’ around the pool for probably 35 minutes – without me touching him once. Finally we swam over to a ball and he wanted me to lift him up to shoot hoops at the poolside basket. Then we did a bunch of jumps into the pool from the side. We really need to get him back into swimming lessons – he was basically swimming today. (Since we were swimming I obviously couldn’t get any pictures, so I had him grab the foam noodle after we got dressed to snap a few.)

Right outside the pool is a playground, and he wanted to ride the merry-go-round and slide a few times before we went home. At the playground near our house there are rings that the bigger kids go hand by hand across from one side of the jungle gym to the other. Sennet has always wanted to do it, but just hasn’t quite been able to make it across. The playground by the pool had rings that were a bit closer together. He climbed up them and just scooted across. Again, I was amazed at his athleticism at this age. So much for getting picked last on the playground, eh Doc?

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