What's in the Pool?

This afternoon Ben and Janae had their second swimming lesson of the season at our local rec center, and I thought it might be fun to take Alaina into the pool.

As often happens on these occasions, a child who was swimming alone came up and started showing me all the tricks she could do.

As also often happens on these occasions, the little girl was very interested in Alaina.




Something a little different this time, though, when I asked her name, she said it was "Aleena." (Incidentally, when Janae joined us, the little girl mentioned that her last name was "Janae." I'm guessing that her middle name was Benjamin, but I can't be sure, since I didn't ask.)



The final effect Alaina and I often have on children is that they start telling us their life stories . . . and sometimes even those of their parents and extended family, within moments of meeting.

This little girl, Aleena, might have waited a few minutes longer before letting us know: "My mom has ringworm, really bad. I have it, too, but not really bad. The doctor said I should not go to school, though, until Monday."

Today is Wednesday.

Another argument against public swimming, I guess :)

Hopefully, along with the ringworm, we were swimming in A LOT of CHLORINE!!!