Monday, June 1, 2009

Swimming at the Rec Center

We finally took our camera with us to the rec center Friday night when we went with Val, Jeff, and Gracie! Randy and I have been taking Kendall at least a couple of nights a week lately, and we never remember to bring our camera. We have been wanting to get some pictures of Kendall sliding down the water slides. She is so brave! She really has no fear - of anything. We love swimming with her at night after dinner. It is so much fun! We're so thankful to have such a great Recreation Center here in Lake Jackson. They have a great indoor and outdoor pool.

She loves to lay on her stomach in the water and to float on her back.
There is a kiddie pool with fountains to play in. She's pretty interested in those.







Here she is about to go down one of the little slides. There are two little slides and one big slide. She can do this little one by herself. She climbs up the stairs to the top with us, while the other one waits at the bottom. She never hesitates before going down - we have to make sure we're ready!
Action shot of Kendall right before she hit the water! We always let her go under the water a little bit, and she always comes up pointing at the side, ready to go again!
Here is the big slide! It is about 2 stories high and goes really fast! When we do this one, she sits in our laps and just smiles and laughs the whole time.
Randy and Kendall after going down the big slide.
The water was a little cold for Gracie, but she stayed in and played for awhile!

Here is a video of Kendall playing in the fountains and the kiddie pool.

And here is a video of Kendall and me going down the big slide. What a brave and fun girl!

3 comments:

Jenny Hintze said...

I didn't know you could go down with your kid. The sign says one person at a time or something like that. I sent Jack down it by himself because I thought he would be able to reach at the end. He couldn't and he can't swim a lick and I think he thought he was going to die. I had to go under the rope and save him. Bad mom moment. We only went there one night so far with both boys and it was pretty much a disaster. If we try it again, we'll be better prepared. But on a more positive note, it is a really nice pool and the boys totally loved it.

Valerie said...

We loved swimming with you - you are a fish! We miss you so much already, I wish you and Gracie could play together everyday! Love you!!

Gigi and Peeps said...

Love your swimming pictures. I think you should take swim lessons as much as you love the water.