svimvare!

molly had her first ever swim lesson today and her first dip in a pool. she was, as usual, a complete champ! she was a bit upset by the pre-swim showers, but who could blame her, they were ice cold. once we got out on deck we joined our group of "angelfish" in the water. "angelfish" is what they call the 6-18 month group and on the right there is a picture of all of us in our little circle. one other little girl in the group was wearing the exact same bathing suit molly almost wore - luckily she had pretty much outgrown it so we went with a different one - what a pool time faux pas that would have been! :)

from there we basically had a "book babies", but in the water. we sang the "noble duke of york", and another little tune that played off of "i'm a little teapot" but was about floating on your back. we played with watering cans and splashed water on our heads, we chased balls around in the water (that was molly's favorite...future water polo player? perhaps!) and we practiced our kicks. of course for those who have been with this blog since the beginning, you know molly has excellent kickers!

when the class was done we introduced ourselves to another little boy in the group who was almost 7 months. molly tried to grab his face a couple times, i think the other mom might have been a little freaked, but i found myself thinking about water polo again...man, she's gonna be great at it! and here she is after her first swim lesson with her very proud dad!


after all the excitement we got in the car and miss moo fell sound asleep. all that fun is exhausting!

it really was pretty much the most fun i've ever had. i've been waiting for this moment since molly was born. i'm part fish myself you see, and i really wanted molly to love the water too. if today was any indication, she'll be a lot like her mom in that respect. in a couple weeks, we are going to visit the feeney family in minnesota. they have a cabin, on an island, in the middle of a lake, and in the past i've spent a good deal of my time there in the water. this year, molly can splash around with me!

oh and a few more quick molly announcements. for those i haven't already bragged to about this, molly can now go from sitting, to stretching out completely on her belly to get something, and then back to sitting. pure and utter genius i tell you! she is also cutting her third tooth, this time it's top left. lastly (and you may want to sit down for this one) she seems to now enjoy mangos. i know, i know, it's amazing! they went from being the most evil thing she had ever tasted to "hey, that's pretty darn yummy!" it just goes to show you can't label this girl, she's a mystery! a wonderful, perfect, water-loving mystery!

kickers!

one of the reasons to do this blog is so we can share pictures and videos with folks who don't get to see molly every day. i am giving it a shot with this video - one of molly-moo's very first televised appearances. she was great with her kickers from day one! and speaking of her kickers, check out how skinny those legs were!