Cottage: Watersports

This is part 2 of a three-part final update of Sophia's time at the cottage (Wildlife, Watersports, Work - get the theme??). It should have been up sooner, I know. so sorry.

We have posted on Sophia's activity in the water earlier in this blog, but there are some additional water activities that are worthy of reporting. Sophia found that she really enjoyed being in the water, when everything was well controlled - if mommy or daddy is right there with her, holding on, then she is willing to take a few more risks, blowing bubbles in the water, kicking off from the bottom and kicking in the water, floating around upside down or right side up. It is only a matter of time before she can swim by herself.




She likes to splash other people too.




She also really enjoys playing in and around the water. We used a little butterfly net to catch minnows and crayfish, and she loved to poke around at the little water animals to figure out what they are. One afternoon, daddy even caught a little bass with a fishing net for her to look at. She was surprised and excited at all the flipping around that fish do when they are out of the water. And haley was also.






Water sports also include boat activity, and although we reported on boats already, there are a couple more photos that deserve posting. Sophia loved to watch Daddy paddling around in his kayak, and she wanted to try it out. After a bit of hemming and hawing, we decided that at the beach, in the calm water, where it was nice and shallow and controlled, we might give it a shot. We put her life jacket on and dumped her in the kayak with daddy, and she loved paddling around. She held her hand in the water as we moved past, feeling the sensation of the water moving smoothly over her fingers.





We made another trip to Timber beach, where more swimming was accomplished. Sophia walked back and forth from Daddy to Mommy, in water up to her neck, without any complaints. In fact, if giggles and smiles are any evidence, she really enjoyed it.






Once again, Haley swam at timber. This happened last year too - she doesn't like to swim, and is angry at us when we try to make her swim, but at one point we were all congregated around the back of the boat and Haley was on the beach. I guess she figured that we were leaving without her, so she got in the water and started to swim toward the back of the boat. Because of this, she was a bit wet and cold on the way home.

Also, it started to rain