Swimming with the Grandparents

I often take A1 and A2 to the pool. A1 has come to love the water and usually spends most of the time swimming back and forth. A2, on the other hand, does not like the pool; I have to fight with him to keep him in the water for more than 5 minutes. That is, until Grandma and Grandpa came to the pool.

Grandpa, as usual, was the hit of the party. A few of our friends were there, and all the kids spent the entire time chasing him and being chased by him. They squirted him and splashed him. They rode on him like horse. Grandpa is the official favorite person of the neighborhood.

Grandma decided to teach A2 all about loving the water. Under her loving tutelage, A2 spent hours and hours in the pool. He jumped in from the stairs and from the side. He swam. He splashed and squirted the other kids. His poor little lips were blue and he was shivering by the time I pulled him, kicking and screaming, from the water. Now every time we go to the pool, he spends the whole time jumping into the pool and kicking from wall to wall. Thanks, Grandma!