Swimmin'

Declan was so excited to be visiting Auntie T's house. He wanted to go in the pool and play with Lego. That's right. He noticed once that Josh had Lego at the bottom of the basement stairs so that's what he thinks of first when I mention going there. 

When we arrived Declan was quickly introduced to the newest fur baby in the family: little Storm the black kitten. While he was afraid of Finn when we arrived and was practically in tears if the dog got close to him Declan was chasing the cat. He patted him and followed him around. Next up we went into the back yard for pool time. Auntie T bought Declan a swim best with built in water wings. It was perfect. He was nervous getting into the pool and hung onto me. He was scared if anybody else got too close in the water but once he realized he could touch the bottom he was pushing me away.

The bottom in the shallow end of course. Declan is such a cautious kid. He's terrified of things at first. Uncle Scott came in the pool and wanted to play with Declan. He kept calling for "Mommy" and looked so scared but Uncle Scott kept trying. Eventually he had Declan "jumping" off the stairs to him in the water and with assistance jumping from the side. We have a long way to go with this one.

After swimming we sat to dry off and have some juice. I brought some of the Lego out for Declan to see. He proceeded to take the figures apart and then put them back together again. 

It's true. Kids probably going to be an engineer.