Turks and Caicos 2

We spent nearly every afternoon at the pool.

You are not quite ready to learn how to swim yet,
but you loved being in the pool just the same.

and you especially loved pushing your mom and dad in,
watching us race each other from one end to the other,
scaling the walls

clowning around

and perfecting your very own version of "swimming"
which consists of walking on your hands with your feet kicking behind you.

We'd spend time at the kids pool,
and then end the day at the main pool.
You insisted on making a fashionable entrance

And, you made lots of friends along the way.

In fact, we think you knew the entire resort (and staff) by the end of the trip.
As we walked to breakfast each day, or to the pool,
we'd hear "hi Lexi" no matter which direction we turned :)
Your favorites, however, were the four girls from Italy you posed with up above.
They were pre-teens and could not have been more sweet with you.
You found a way to break through the language barrier,
and as your dad and I chatted with friends of our own,
we watched you in action.
Somehow, you convinced these girls to "swim" with you -
all five of you were moving around on your hands in the shallow end.
You'd ask them to show you a trick,
and they would do a handstand under water or a dive from the side.
You called them your new best friends.
You gave them high fives and taught them what a fist bump was.
It was adorable.
There's not much that beats lazy summer afternoons at the pool -
especially with this view in the background