One of Sabine's favorite things this summer was being at our local pool. We joined the Lewis Ginter Recreation Association last year and have enjoyed being at the pool as often as we can. It's nice to see neighbors out and about and to feel connected to community just by being there.
This year we found out that Sabine was finally tall enough to stand on her own in the big pool which was a huge benefit from last year when we had to hold her the whole time. She enjoyed going deeper and deeper - up to her neck even- to try to chase down her inflatable ring. She also really loved it when Max made waves with her kick-board "kickboard waves!!"
Here she is on the last day of being at the pool this summer:
Some of her favorite things to do in the pool included: being "spinny dog" which meant she would hop in circles saying spinny dog spinny dog (this is from a pup in our neighborhood who used to bark and spin in circles whenever Tyco would walk by). She also loved playing Ruby from the TV show Max and Ruby. She did syncronized swimming and called it the water lily (after something on the show) when she would first put her face in the water (hooray!) and then lay on her back in her ring and kick her legs high in the air.
A few times we had our act together really well and took dinner to the pool which Sabine seemed to like pretty well. She didn't like it when the flies came to visit OR the day when the wind kicked up and a storm was definitely brewing. But she did like hanging out on the lounge chairs with us for about five minutes then it was back to the water... no matter how purple her lips were.
On our way out the door for the last time, stopping to be by the "ginter park dolphin"
A little fun playing in the water: Spinny Dog in action!
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