Swimming with my children

Austin and Matthew holding on for dear life (this was before they discovered their newly found swimming skills):

Three little fishies - Madeleine, Austin, and Matthew:

Elizabeth and Rachel lounging in the pool together:

It is always an adventure to go swimming with my three children when Joseph is not with me. It is usually pretty chaotic. This last Friday we went swimming with my sisters and their children and we had a great time. The big event was that my two boys decided it was finally time to swim around in their swimming tubes without constantly holding onto me. They turned into little fishies swimming back and forth with me and Debby across the pool while Elizabeth lounged in her swimming float with the canopy on for shade. The other big event was that my boys both jumped off the diving board with me (see videos below). The best part was that this was how the conversation went preceding the jumping:

Me: Austin, do you want to jump off the diving board?

Austin: No.

Me: Okay, then I'll go by myself. (At this point I start climbing out of the pool.)

Matthew: I want to jump with you.

Me: Great!

Austin: Is it safe?

Me: Yes.

Austin: I'll watch Matthew do it first to make sure it's safe.

Wow. Austin is definitely his mother's son in some ways...