One of the highlights of our recent Ontario holiday was the glittering backyard pool at my parents’ house. The pool became an obsession for Theo who WANTED TO BE IN IT every minute, and for me who couldn’t stop taking photos and videos of him in the rippling turqoise waters.
Theo brought energy, enthusiasm, excitment and unbridled joy to a pool that’s typically used for gentle lap swims by my parents or simply to gaze at lemonade-in-hand from a sun-baked muskoka chair.
When Theo wasn’t in the pool, he was leaning over the pool’s edge, dragging his hands through the water or soaking up the heat of the surrounding cement wrapped in towels. By the time we left, he could dive in and swim the width of the pool, do forward and double backwards somersaults (AKA “rolling summer big saults”) in the water. His love of the pool rekindled a love of swimming and just playing in the water that I haven’t felt in years.
Next up: photos from the lake!
Did you have any standout summer experiences with your kids this summer?
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