Pool Sharks

Lee is intrigued by sharks these days, but she is not quite ready to go swimming with them. Instead, she is building up her strength and skill in the pool. (Once she becomes a strong swimmer, I think she'll be excited to take on the waves.)

We had trouble with the pool at first because someone severed the cables that feed the heater and filter (leaving live 220V wires exposed above ground near the water). After a few days, it was fixed -- to great rejoicing. I don't think I've ever seen this bright green bug before, but he was there to welcome us to the pool:

Lee takes a small break from swimming:

Clara takes full advantage of the kindness of strangers who let her play with their pool toys:

Ruth keeps an eye out from land:

We borrowed a documentary about sharks from the kids' section of the library. For reasons known only to the producers of the program, they decided to explain why and how people are or have been afraid of sharks BEFORE explaining why this fear was misplaced. Hmmm. Might be better to simply present the facts about sharks rather than introducing the concept of fear.