Playing in the water, whether it be the ocean, a lake, or a pool, has been a staple in my family’s life. We’ve surrounded ourselves with it and made the best memories of our life in it. My oldest brother, Marshall, owns a pool and a regular afternoon was transformed into a day of laughter and fun by taking advantage of the pool and our love of water.
Marshall’s version of holding his breath might be different from mine, or any other normal person’s, but it’s funny to look at and even funnier to remember.
Barry, my 17 year old brother, made hanging out under water look effortless. It wasn’t until I joined him that priceless expressions emerged.
My mother apparently taught Marshall how to hold his breath under water. 
As a life with my daughter begins, I look back on years of family fun and friendship. I look forward to teaching Athena how to swim and sharing a lifetime of water adventures with her, my husband, and the rest of our beautiful family. Now, I just need to figure out waterproof diapers.
Bucket List Publications 
As far as waterproof diapers go…when appropriate, let her go nakie or maybe use some small children’s draws (Undies).
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Love it! Pool play is so much fun.
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Lovely post Lesley. Thanks for sharing a little of your growing up years and of your family. Best wishes to you and yours.
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I grew up in the water, also. My 30 year old daughter learned to swim, but she’s not drawn to the water as I am. Now, with our boys, the 6-yr-old basically taught himself to swim after about 6 times in the water, and the 3-yr-old is coming along.
Swim diapers didn’t exist for the 30-yr-old, but they’re amazing!! I used cloth diapers, but in the interest of enjoying the pool without worry, I think a disposable for the pool is the way to go!
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Great Photos!
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Thank you! we use the Canon G10 with the underwater case. It works great!
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Oh I just love this!! The pictures are funny and show the good family chemistry!
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We always have fun in the water 🙂
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OMG, that looks so fun!
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Really great pictures! My kids would have too much fun with this!
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How fun!
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Water is always so incredibly healing. It’s amazing to me how much one quick dip in a river can change a much-too-hot and grouchy day into one that feels like the perfect temperature!
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Great place to be on a hot day.
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I also grew up swimming and love it. Started when I was 4 although it’s earlier now I have heard. Love the pictures and the fun you had!
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so cool!!! love ALL the pictures! I think Canon G10 is worth the investment. 🙂
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After reading your post, I wish I was there on holiday now.
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I love these photos! How fun it will be to compare these to the ones you will take of your daughter. 🙂
Ditto on the disposable diapers for the pool–swim diapers don’t catch the pee, anyway, it’s only for poop. What makes me laugh is the public pools which want you to put 2 or even 3 swim diapers on your baby, as though more is better.
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that looks like a great stress reliever..
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you make life look amazing , im inspired to start my bucket list and im only 17
🙂
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Lovely and fun! I wish I was a fish in the water 😀
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Oh what Fun!
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Awesome! Looks like your little one can get ready for some serious fun!
&Thanks for the like on my blog!
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Cool
❓ What Happen with Mr.Marshall ❓ He`s Look So Happy. unless his sister chuckles 😛
even though, i do can not swiming it`s just funniest photo really
Great Shoot #Snap
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It looks fun, and the pictures are great. I wish I could swim. Five times I have tried to learn and five times I have almost drowned. I’ve pretty much given up. I can get the short distance in the shallow end to the other wall…that might count for some progress ;).
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Beautiful, simply!
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Very nice to be in the watern, and great pleasure playing under.
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Water is life! As a matter of fact, our second daughter was a water-birth baby.
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I’m from Barbados orginally so the ocean and I are one. Back flips, hand stands, holding your breathe the whole lot! Really fun pix!
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I’ve never been to Barbados but I’m hoping to rectify that this year. Is there somewhere specific you’d recommend?
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Great photos, love the whole post! I’m not exactly a big water/pool person, but you certainly make them look appealing. Hope you are able to introduce your daughter to the water soon 🙂
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Thanks Emilia.
I enjoyed your post on The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner. I, too, think about happiness and about what things bring happiness into my life, but I don’t consider it a bad thing. Thinking about happiness is what leads me to create a Bucket List each year and accomplish my dreams regularly. Your words, “I think that true happiness comes from being aware. Aware of what makes you happy and aware of when you experience joy” are reflective of my thought on life better than the words of Eric Weiner 😉
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I also grew up in water and loved it. Still do.
As far as waterproof diapers, we bought a type made from wetsuit material that has a snug band around her legs so that nothing unwanted gets out. But at home we just let her go without.
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Do you have a specific name brand suggestion? At two months, she’s still a little young for swimming lessons, I think?
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The one I bought was from http://www.splashabout.com. I think they are a UK company but they sell them on Amzaon.
They do teach babies that young to swim or at least to float.
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Awesome to look forward and think about passing on your beautiful memories to your children. Athena is going to have lots of adventures!
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I wish I would own a pool too. I would jump in the pool every day. 🙂 Nice photos. Looks like you had fun 🙂
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Love the swim diapers. I’m so glad they came up with them… our kids were always in the water, so it feels natural to them now. I’m with you–water fun with family is my idea of perfection!
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Oh you never cease to amaze me! I am not a waterbaby, I did have lessons and learned to swim when I was 35, but I never enjoyed the experience….your cheerful beautiful photographs put me to shame!
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I Love to Swim, I enjoyed swimming and snorkling in Indian Ocean for five years, when I was in Maldives as I.T Teacher. I miss it a lot!. I use to swin a day on the weekends. It seems you really had a great fun.
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How beautiful, sounds like you have a very happy family life…thanks for sharing.
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I’m with your brother and mother. How do you smile like that underwater? It looks amazing.
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Fantastic pics that certainly capture the essence of summer. Well done Lesley!
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Beautiful photos! Love them.
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Love these photos! Some of my best memories are in the water too!
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Love you, love your blog, and now am inspired to buy a cheapie underwater camera for our annual summer vacation in Maine, where all my family still lives. What an awesome, happy-making post, thank you thank you! And thanks for subscribing to my blog, hon.
AND, did I miss pictures of Athena, or are you keeping her on the down-low? Majestic name choice, by the way.
xx
a
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Thank you for the kind words.
Maine is a beautiful place to spend the summer and I would highly recommend an underwater camera. They can be so much fun 🙂
I’m not sure how I feel about including pictures of Athena, but they’ll be sprinkled throughout the blog as time goes by.
Chat soon,
Lesley
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no pressure, of course. It has been a pleasure to be included in your life so far. I love your project! During these dire times, it gives me (probably all of us readers) hope!
xx
a
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I love your vintage style by the way 🙂
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thanks so much, hon.!
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Hello, love the pictures. Thank you for liking several of my posts while I was so busy with Grandchildren and didn’t manage to call in 🙂
My Grandson used to have special waterproof nappy/pants to wear under his swimsuit when he went fo his swimming lessons from 4 months or so old. I’m sure you’ll find something on your side of the pond!
🙂
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Fun photos 🙂 Happy Times
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Love the pictures and seeing you all enjoying life. We use Swimmies and elastic pants over diapers. They do work.
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my God, I love this! 🙂 It must have been really fun, you guys all look very happy! Thanks for sharing!
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Family and hanging out in the water…it just doesn’t get much better. Thanks for sharing the awesome photos!
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Great underwater photos, love it. Belated congratulations on your daughter. Don’t worry about diapers, it’s part of life, haha. We let our kids go natural whenever possible, they loved it and thanked me by getting potty trained earlier (and we actually never had a big accident) – more conscious of the “business” is good, they usually don’t like the feeling of pee running down their legs 🙂
Best wishes to you and your family.
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Lovely pics. Don’t worry about diapers/nappies too much.
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Gosh I love to swim! Those pictures make me want to jump right in! I am also looking forward to teaching my daughter how to swim. She has the cutest little bathing suit. It looks like a pink tutu!
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Lovely pics, and I love the tiles in the pool! Enjoy the swimming with your daughter…the majority of the population are water babies here in Australia 🙂
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What proof diapers are easy its every thing else that’s a mess 🙂
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Family pool days are they best! Especially when it’s someone else’s pool! 🙂
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