4 swimmers

We all went swimming yesterday.  Tom's first visit to the pool, and the first time Elspeth's been since we've been here.  I'm not sure which was more exciting for Marisca - she'd been repeating "I'll go swimming with mummy, daddy goes swimming with Thomas" for much of the afternoon.  Marisca is now in bigger armbands, no swim nappy, and is really happy in the water.  She'll sometimes float on her back and sometimes do a little kick but mostly it's walking through the water, finding watering cans to play with, and of course using the elephant slide.

Thomas was remarkably good too.  Contrast to the bath they had in the evening (Thomas screaming the whole time), he was just happy and calm about it.  He didn't much like being laid on his back, but would bob up and down upright very happily.  He didn't really complain when Marisca poured water from the watering can right into his face!  Of course we were much more confident than when we took Marisca for the first time - as is the case with most things.  We (I) even gave Tom a little dunking.

Hopefully this is something we'll do more of.