Pink Badge of Honor

Katy is very proud that she can pass the test to earn a pink bracelet which allows her to swim in the deep end of the pool. We went to the pool one last time last week. The pool closed for the season this week-end. The crowning event of our last pool excursion was Jacob and the frog slide. Jacob hates slides. All of our other children absolutely loved slides when they were his age. He screams and cries even when riding on your lap. Maybe his love for water finally won over his fear of slides. He wanted to go down the frog slide over and over again. I would hold him as far up as I could and then help him slide down and splash into the water. He couldn't get enough of it. The first time we went to the pool Bella wouldn't go down the slide. When asked why she responded "The frog might close its mouth and eat me" No amount of persuasion could convince her otherwise. The next day her Daddy took her back. Apparently she felt that Mom would be no match for the frog, but believed Daddy could save her. She timidly went down the slide after making sure Daddy was standing at the bottom. By the end of that day she was a frog slide pro. We will miss the pool until next summer. I guess its on to the indoor pool we go.