Jumping

Cayle continues to make great strides in the pool! Last week he began jumping off the side walls of the pool into my arms, and couldn't get enough. Today he didn't even head toward the kiddie area, instead opting to head toward the Lazy River. I'm thinking, "surely he won't jump." But turns out, he was ready to, he pointed at the Lazy River and said water... So I hopped in and turned around and he also jumped in. He jumped off the wall a few more times into my arms. Then I stopped catching him when he jumped and he would go under and then pop back up and I would grab him. He loved this! He was jumping off the wall into the pool without me catching him! The other thing he did today was trying to swim. He would jump off the steps into the water and splash his arms and kick his feet trying to get to me! He is learning to swim. He loves it when I hold his belly, and he can splash his arms and kick his feet while we float around the lazy river! It was pretty obvious when we left that he was not closing his eyes underwater, because they were super bloodshot!

What we learned today:
1. To jump off the wall on our own.
2. To kick feet and paddle arms trying to swim.

WINDY Day

Breakthrough day for Cayle in the pool! He was jumping off the wall into the deep area and even going underwater! He did this maybe 20-30 times. He also allowed me to take him in the lazy river only holding him by his belly while he kicked his legs. He was loving it! After the pool it was time for his Monday doughnut!
While walking around the grocery store looking for a few things he found this mini plunger. He really liked it. Here he was inspecting it, probably wondering what kind of new cool toy he had found! It was just his size!!



I took the afternoon off work to take Cayle to see the child dermatologist in Frisco. It's about an hour from the house, and she's only there once a month, so gotta make it happen. Windy as all get out today was causing havoc on the interstate. A double fatality shut down the westbound lanes for the better part of the day, so they were routing all the traffic through Frisco (a tiny tourist town!) This made traffic ridiculous! Took us 50 minutes to travel the 2.29 miles from one end of town to the other to get back on the interstate to head home. At least I had some Jimmy Johns to enjoy, and Cayle was playing on his Ipod from Uncle Ronnie! The wind was quite ridiculous all day, gusting up to around 50 mph, and blowing dust everywhere!

Back to work

First day back to school went as smoothly as could be expected. 3 weeks, (15 days,) till Christmas break. We can do that... :-)

Cayle did fantastic at the pool this morning!!! Our best trip in a while. He was sliding, splashing, and just figured out today that with the weightless effect of the water, he can jump a bit. Several times he fell over forward in the 3 feet deep water. He would then flounder for a bit before I would help him up, but he continued to jump and splash! He even interacted with Macklin a little bit. This is the first time this has ever happened. He tried to splash with him a bit, and played with the ball with Mack a little bit. He was just having a ton of fun! There were several weeks where he really struggled and acted like he wanted nothing to do with the water, then 2 weeks ago he did a little better, just spending the entire time on the slide, then today he was all over the place. Hopefully that continues, as it is much more fun playing with him in the pool when he really enjoys it and is not afraid to get wet and go underwater once in a while.

Busy Week

Parent teacher conference weeks are always crazy for us! Lots of time at school, less time with Cayle, and less time to take care of things at home. Luckily I only have to be at half of them! Took Cayle to the pool today. He loves being in the water, and is getting more comfortable with going all the way under. Lifeguard told me today that the next step is letting go of him in the area where he can't touch.... ok, we'll get on that next week. Today we worked on jumping off the side of the pool wall.

Swim Time

Great routine today. Ran to the rec center at about 8 to swim with Cayle, just over a mile. Swam/played in the water for 45 minutes (which was his longest time to date, and just the right amount of time, as his lips were starting to turn blue.) Got changed and back in the Chariot for a run to the Post Office to mail some things to some people.... After the post office we walked to the grocery store which is across the street for some donuts! Donuts are a part of our pool morning routine!!! Cayle ate his donut and fell asleep during the run back home. Nap in the Chariot in the garage. The pool sure does where him out! Cayle did a better job of interacting with Macklin today. He likes being around other kids, but doesn't really play with them much yet, at least today he was taking the ball from Macklin when Mack offered. Macklin and Melinda go to the pool with us in the mornings.