Down He Went!!!

I took this photo when we got home from the pool tonight. It's a big day for Carter! He asked to go down the big slide at the pool. He just stood up and said, "I'm going down the slide now" and off he went. Luckily, Patrick was right there and went up with him - that's a lot of steps for a little guy like Carter. Patrick said there was no hesitation, he went down immediately.

Then the realization (which we knew) hit Carter about how big a deal this was when he came out of the shoot - although he's technically tall enough to go down the slide, he's not a good enough swimmer yet to beat the current created by the gushing water. He flailed around in the current and the lifeguard almost jumped in after him. Patrick broke the "stay on your side rule" and helped him or he probably couldn't have gotten to the stairs himself. The lifeguard told us if he can't get back to the side by himself, then he's not big enough to go down the slide.

We'll try again later in the summer. Still an awesome thing! He was very pleased with himself. :~)

This is the best picture I could find of the pool slide: