Retrieval

Rock fetching
One thing that Avery struggled with during her last swimming class was retrieving an object at the bottom of the (shallow) pool. She wasn't scared, but she just couldn't figure out how to get her body down there. Today we worked on that at the pool. I am proud to say that she can now go fairly deep to retrieve a rock. It was slow going with the skill until I explained that what I do is dive down, then put my bottom in the air as high as I can. That was the key she needed to get her body in the right direction. From there she could kick and move her arms to get to the rock. We're played that game a lot.

We all ate lunch at the pool. Service was slow, but the food was decent. There was a family nearby celebrating a BD. They asked if Avery and Henry would like some cake, so those two got cake with their meals. Nice. I, in turn, had to order flan since I couldn't even try the cake. The flan had a raspberry sauce topping - which I've never seen served with flan. Delicious.

After lunch, we all headed out for a swim in the sea. We saw a pretty big crab and found lots of sea snails. The water in the sea is also like a bath tub. Almost hot versus warm. Henry and Christie decided to do more exploring in the sea and on the beach. Avery wanted to go back and fetch that rock at the hotel pool.

And thus ends our activities, other than dinner, for the day. Expect the same report tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day.