We went out for an evening swim one night this past week when the water was 80 degrees. Carson absolutely loves swimming in the pool! Who am I kidding... we all do! ;)
No extra swimmies... and unfortunately Carson won't go in the water w/out them on w/ his life vest right now. And no extra life jacket that is the right size, at least. We have an infant/young toddler life vest - its for little ones under 25 or 30 pounds... but Carson hasn't worn it in 2 years. I think we have an inflatable tube in the basement, but it hasn't been blown up yet, so we'll have to see if it still holds air. It'd be something to hang on to if she wouldn't let go of it. And we have a kick board she could hang on to, as well.
I'll check if we ever bought her some arm floaties. We might have once. Else she likely will not be swimming on Sat. But there is plenty of other stuff they can play.
Hope you find some! Carson has been talking about swimming with Rebecca all weekend. The swimmies aren't that expensive to pick up when you're at Meijer this week, too. I can't imagine not having a life vest and swimmies for Carson. We bought his first life vest before he was even born! :) But we spend a lot of time at the lake, the pool, and the beach, so they're necessities for us. :)
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Fun!!
We don't really have any floaties/life jacket for Rebecca. If we come to swim do you have extras?
No extra swimmies... and unfortunately Carson won't go in the water w/out them on w/ his life vest right now. And no extra life jacket that is the right size, at least. We have an infant/young toddler life vest - its for little ones under 25 or 30 pounds... but Carson hasn't worn it in 2 years. I think we have an inflatable tube in the basement, but it hasn't been blown up yet, so we'll have to see if it still holds air. It'd be something to hang on to if she wouldn't let go of it. And we have a kick board she could hang on to, as well.
I'll check if we ever bought her some arm floaties. We might have once. Else she likely will not be swimming on Sat. But there is plenty of other stuff they can play.
Hope you find some! Carson has been talking about swimming with Rebecca all weekend. The swimmies aren't that expensive to pick up when you're at Meijer this week, too. I can't imagine not having a life vest and swimmies for Carson. We bought his first life vest before he was even born! :) But we spend a lot of time at the lake, the pool, and the beach, so they're necessities for us. :)
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