Ocean City, Maryland - Second Post

In addition to providing some photos of the kiddo, I thought I'd take the liberty to include a post on another wonderful tradition associated with trips to Ocean City, Maryland. These are of course steamed Maryland Blue Crabs. This wonderful delicacy of the chesapeake is only complete when accompanied with cold beer, corn on the cob, and family and friends telling stories. Here is Aunt Kathy and my brother Brian enjoying a few...

A little slice of heaven:

Brian & Aunt Kathy:

The First Freestyle

Over the past 2 summers I have endeavored to provide swim tips to the kiddo. Most to no avail and alas I decided not to press the issue. For those of you who do not know me I grew up swimming semi-competitively and the old man's got quite a bit of swim prowess. It's only natural that I should hold high expectations for my daughter.

A funny thing happened this past weekend while at Water Polo practice on Sunday morning at Congress Park pool. I left Alex with a group of kids and wife of one of the other players while I played polo. As it turns out a private swim lesson occurred at the same time.

Upon finishing practice, the kiddo is swimming underwater, doing a modified crawl and all of a sudden is a water bug when only a week before she barely puts her face in the water. So I ask, "What just happened and how did you suddenly learn how to swim underwater and enjoy it?"

She replies, "I just watched the swim lesson and the little boy do it and decided it was easy."

Yeah, that's exactly what she said. Here is a quick video of her in our communty pool. Remember this kid wasn't even putting her face in the water a week before.

The First Freestyle: