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| Alina's first swim day |
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| Momma and the girls playing by the water |
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| Little Alina has no fear in the water |
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Baby stinker face 2.0 has arrived!!
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Cutie pie Elise in her new turtle pool
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Being native Californians, we are fully accustomed to warm spring days that hint at the impending arrival of blazing hot summers. It's late April, and we've already been getting in plenty of warm swim days with the girls. We usually take them to the heated salt water pool at the gym, where they get to swim as a reward for patiently playing while we work out. We also bought Elise and Alina a small inflatable backyard pool, where they can wade and swim to their little hearts desire. Alina is fine with just dipping her feet in, while Elise likes to bring in her toys and swim and splash all around.
There is something so special about pool time with the kids. They enter their own little water world, where smiles and laughter are non-stop. I remember being called a "fish" on multiple occasions as a child. I swam until my fingers were wrinkled prunes and the texture of my skin turned into a slick aerodynamic bodysuit. I usually had to be dragged out kicking and screaming, because what kid in their right mind would ever voluntarily get out of a swimming pool?!? I already see hints of this in Elise. She loves swimming, and even went so far as jumping of the edge in to daddy's arms and putting her entire face under water for the first time. Alina shows absolutely no fear in the water, she loves bouncing up-and-down in mommy's arms, and doing her best to kick and splash up a storm. I think it's safe to say that we have two future water lovers in the making.
Oh, and on a completely unrelated note, Alina has perfected the celebrated baby stinker face!!! This really deserves its own post, which I may still do; perhaps a "best of stinker face" collection? Elise used to do this, along with countless other babies this age exploring facial expressions, but who would have ever imagined it could be so cute and hilarious all wrapped into one. See the last photo for a great baby Alina stinker face moment.
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| Giving Mickey the baby stinker face |
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| Sisters pool time! |
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| Playing with toys in the pool |
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| Perfect size pool for her |
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| Best of baby stinker face collection! |
