Our little fish

Mara is a little fish. She is fearless around a pool, and we have to keep a close eye on her all the time we are near one. When we go up to the pool near Mike and Myra's house, she quickly sheds her shoes and wades right in before we can even set our stuff down. She loves to go out to the three-foot mark where she jumps to keep her head above water. Yesterday, she even held her breath and went under water as well as tried to swim all on her own.

She has also been enjoying splash days at school. One day a week, the kids wear their swimsuits to school while the teachers bring out the kiddie pools and water toys, and the kids go to town. We have no problems getting Mara ready for school and dropping her off those days.

We definitely need to get her enrolled in some swimming lessons, but it looks like she's starting to learn some of the basics on her own.

Here are some pictures from a couple of different times when we went swimming.