Backyard Pooligan

There's no better way to beat the heat than a nice cool swimming pool and with all this hot weather we've been having so far this summer, Ben's spent a good amount of time swimming.   And believe it or not, Ben's been swimming for almost half is life already!   We started Ben with swimming lessons when he was only six months old, so just about every Saturday morning since then we've been taking Ben to the YMCA for his swimming class.   Now that summer is here, he also gets to practice his skills in his little pool in the backyard.

Ben took a few seconds in between his laps to pose for this shot. 

Then just a few seconds later he announces his next dive...  a triple back somersault with a twist.

(well, that's how I translated it.)

These first two pictures were taken in his big family sized pool.  We also have a little 3 foot wide pool that we use for those quick dips.  

In this picture, you might think Ben's concentrating on levitating some of his water toys, but scroll down to the next pictures to see what he's really up to.

Just how big of a splash can Ben make?  Let's show you...

Wow... that's quite a big splash.  

We all know what happens after a splash like that... but Ben had to learn this the hard way.

You get all wet!  But that's OK... its a hot day.

What else feels good on a hot day?  Well an ice cold ice tea!

(Ben doesn't know that we just put pool water in there...  heh heh)

Stay tuned for more pool pictures soon!

By the way...  Can you believe that Ben's first birthday is in less than two weeks??!!!  On July 16th it will have been a year already since Ben was born.  We can't believe it... and we can't believe how much he has grown and developed over this past year.  Ben is actually almost walking already and he's started saying a few words too.  I know I've been overdue with adding new posts here, so over the next week and a half I'm going to catch up with a bunch of new blog entries about Ben's recent adventures.   Stay tuned for more!