Conquering The Diving Board

We have a membership at the pool near our house and have been using it well this year, going at least two times a week. The kids are in that stage of life when it seems they could stay in the water forever (remember when your hands were pruned because you'd stayed in so long?). Since we go so often, they have become quite good swimmers for their respective ages. Quinn can pretty much go anywhere in the pool that's 5' and less deep. He loves to wear his goggles and explore the pool. Keely is also a good swimmer and doesn't need a life vest. She can swim around in the 3.5' area and likes to practice swimming in the deep end from the wall to someone standing 4-5 feet away. For the whole summer, we've been daring Quinn to conquer the last area of the pool that he hadn't been in -- the diving board and really deep end (12'). A few weeks ago, on the last trip to the pool with summer camp, he finally did it. And since then, that's about all he spends his time doing while we are at the pool. He's even gone off the high dive a few times (10' high) but he says it makes his tummy hurt :) So here's some pictures of the momentous occasion a few weeks later, as this is the first time I had a camera at the pool.

Today was one of those days when you get cold when you get out of the water, even though it's in the 80s. Here is Quinn waiting to get on the board.
And here he is all lined up to run off...
And now midair in jump...
Finally swimming back to the wall like a pro!
And now for fair representation, here's a picture of Keely swimming underwater in the shallow area.
And here's a funny one...when Keely gets tired of swimming or cold, her favorite place to be is lying on the "warm cement" (her words). We even offer her a lounge chair but that's what she prefers :)
And one last picture of Keely and Annie, a self portrait while they were waiting to pick up Quinn. Thanks to Annie for taking the awesome staged diving board pictures for me :)
And with that, on to the weekend. Not sure of the plans at this point but I know it will include some shopping at my favorite store and maybe a trip to Park City. Annie will be here until Monday and we'll be having a good old time with her :)