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Pools I (1998-2001)
Here's Alban at Disneyland. For the kids, a vacation without a pool is
like halloween without candy. Is this kid happy, or what!! By the
way, Alban does not want to convey the impression that he cannot swim. He
can now. When this photo was taken, in March 1999, he could too, but it
was easier to wear the lifejacket than not. That's Alban's modus operandi,
making things easier for himself. (Except for a while in soccer
and mountain biking!!). Here are
more recent pool pictures.
Above,
Tom diving. The children claim that there was a sign behind him saying
"No Diving".
On the left, Daphné during the same wintertime swim at Disneyland in Anaheim
in March 1999. Here's another of Daphné
in a pool. Below, All four of the big
kids at Disneyland at the same time. Don't
forget, those of you who do not live in the sunbelt, that it is hot in LA
in March!!
The children deplore the absence of parents from the swimming pool (and
the ocean),
attributable to their supervisory responsibilities. (And their fear of
water), "and they are too busy in their bed doing something that I am not going
to tell you" (Alban, at 11!). Wrong, Alban! When you're in the
pool, we're watching! Here is a water ride
at an English Funfair, and here a log ride at the
Santa Cruz Beach
Boardwalk: water is fun wherever you find it.
Here's a boat, and here a ferry.
And sometimes we parents actually do get our feet wet. Key Biscayne, Florida, in
2000. It was hot, and
all of us spent most of our time in the
hotel swimming pool. Marie-Hélène, the only one of
us missing from this picture, took it. But she was splashing around with
the rest of us!
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