Visit to the Swimming Pool

Last weekend at the pool, we enjoyed a couple of more firsts for Joshua. On Saturday, he crawled out of the pool and all around the water spout play area! Seeing the other children playing motivated him to take the adventure. He sure has grown-- the spouts used to make him nervous and now he crawls to them to play! Joshua showed his mettle, too. His first crawling technique dragged the tops of his feet, so they got a little bit scraped. The very next day (and each day since), he continued to crawl out of the pool to play with the water spouts. Now, though, he bends he feet and keeps his toes slightly elevated off the cement. His knees are covered with the swim trunks, so he is good to go, now. That's a good problem-solver.

On Sunday, Joshua creeped all the way down the pool wall to play with a little girl and her toys! It was so cute-- the little girl didn't know what to think of this very friendly little boy sharing her bucket, basket, rake, and bouyant sea horses. At home, he has done a little creeping along the couch, but this was the futhest he has gone. Walking without assistance sure isn't too far away...