First Time at the Swimming Pool

What is there to do on a rainy and cold Sunday October morning in Holland? Why, go to the (indoor) swimming pool!

Today, we took our first trip to the swimming pool. We were a bit worried that Noa wouldn't like the pool. In April, when we were in Needles, CA during our cross country RV trip, we tried taking Noa into the pool at the RV park, and she cried bloody murder. In all fairness the pool water was very cold and the jacuzzi was pretty hot, but she really didn't seem to enjoy the experience.

So this morning, we fitted Noa with her waterproof diaper and very cute little bathing suit and all went into the kiddie pool. Imagine a pool about 80 m2 with an average depth of 40 cm with about 40 kids and 40 adults in it. Yeah, pretty busy. And I hate to think what was in the water ...

The water was a nice warm temperature and Noa had no problem whatsoever going in. For the first 15 minutes she stayed very close to us, just watching all the other kids playing. She was also very fascinated with the LED lights in the ceiling that changed colours every 5 seconds.

After awhile, she started wandering around the pool, climbing up and down the stairs, and generally having a great time. We were always following her around as we didn't have any floaties on her, but the times where she fell into the water (head going under) she didn't seem to mind too much.

I guess we'll be making more of these swimming trips on a regular basis.

Too bad I couldn't take any pictures of Noa in her cute swimsuit, but I'm not allowed to take pictures in the swimming pool anymore (the court insisted!)