We had our first family swim.

We had our first family swim. Cubba didn't come out because of fireworks, but Bear did. He ran many a happy lap around the pool and eventually came in. He really wanted to be with Kira and Shadow, so a small amount of coaxing from Kira got him onto the splash pad.

He came in and out a few times because he wanted to run some more, but he kept coming to the edges when the kids were near. He would crouch down like he wanted to jump in and he even made some weird squawky noises, but he was scared.

He finally jumped into the deep end at Shaun, who caught him but not before he went face-first (briefly!) into the water. Shaun said he held his breath and he didn't come up waterlogged, so that was good. He did some ineffective kicking while Shaun held him up and guided him back to the steps. He wanted out after that, but he seemed ok.

He walked around the pool after that, seemingly contemplating his life choices. 😂  He still came back to the edge to say hello. Thankfully, we don't think he was traumatized, but it's probably for the best he knows where it's safe and easy to enter the water.

Here he is resting. He wasn't wearing his life jacket in this picture because he was sitting with me drying off and we were about to go inside.

Look at that sand on his little lip. Why is he so damn cute!? 😂😂😂