Cracking it...

Yesterday was a pretty good day. The weather in Cape Town was divine - it was hot and, for a change, there was not a breath of wind!! When I got home from work, I went for a swim. My folks got in at the same time and before I knew it, Jake was in the pool too. He was quite nervous at first and just hung around the shallow side. I had him hang around my neck and I swam to the deep side and then got him on his pool noodle. Before I knew it, he was laughing and having fun in the water. I managed to convince him to jump to me (note, not dive) from the bottom step in the pool and we worked it up to the top step. In the end, he was jumping in off the step and swimming right across the pool width to me on the other side, then jumping off my knees and swimming back to the steps and repeating the whole exercise. We were in the water for an hour and a half!!! He did puke, but because he swallowed water and it didn't put him off more jumping! It was the best Valentine's gift ever, I'm so happy that he's having fun again!