Aquatic Adventures

If you go on vacation to a Caribbean island you're going to spend some time in the water. We certainly did. Evan had done a little bit of swimming before, but he'd never been to the ocean. He seemed pretty eager to give it a shot:

Evan had a great time standing in the wet sand where the waves could gently lap at his feet (you can't see his face that well, but he was definitely enjoying it):

When we tried to take him in a bit deeper he wasn't so sure anymore. I think the water was a little cooler than he was expecting (the bulk of his swimming experience having come in the bath), and at times the waves came in kind of fast. Besides, when you're only two feet tall the difference between water splashing around your legs and water splashing around your ears isn't that much. I think he'll be up for more trips to the beach when we get back home, though.

Swimming in the ocean is only part of the story... there's also swimming in the pool. We didn't have a pool at our condo but the resort had two, so we took it upon ourselves to visit them on several of our trips down there. Here we are at the beginning of one such session, getting used to the water:

I think I took this picture of Evan, Steph, and my mom just after Evan started experimenting with the concept of splashing:

And finally, here is Evan's best approximation of actually swimming: