Chase's newest trick

We are absolutely loving our time in HHI this week.  It has been a lot of time playing, reading, snuggling, and tons of pool time!  Having a pool in the backyard is so wonderful... we can get a quick swim in when we want or spend a good amount of time out there and not have to go far.  Last summer Chase hated having water in his face, he didn't get the concept of closing his mouth (and not trying to drink the entire pool), and holding his breath seemed like the hardest thing to understand.  This summer, he is practically swimming on his own, goes under water without choking, and has learned to keep his mouth shut.  It's amazing to me how quickly he is picking it up considering he hasn't been in a pool in months!  This video was taken today right after getting home from the beach... please excuse the big boy pants!  He does have a bathing suit but we changed him before getting in the car and decided to let him rinse off in those instead of putting his sandy suit back on.  I love that I also captured how much fun Jacob has in the pool too, as well as how excited he is for his brother's accomplished.

On a side note, the last few days we've really been working with Chase on keeping his mouth closed in the pool.  Well, this morning we overheard Chase talking to his brother while they were in the bathroom and here is what we heard:  "Brother, if I fall in the potty Daddy tells me to keep my mouth and my eyes closed!!"  Jacob's response (his response to anything and everything these days) was "Me too!".  As you can see in the video, Jacob has the closing of the eyes down, but not so much the closing of the mouth!!  I am so happy, however, that we've taught our boys how important it is to keep our mouths and eyes shut if we were to ever fall in the potty.... or while swimming! :)