"I like a bird, up in the sky!" Kisae jumps off the diving board

Kisae loved water almost from the moment she came home. So it wasn't really a surprise -- nor a credit to anything we did -- that she learned to swim like a champ last summer at age 2 and 1/2.

We recently did a four-session swim class just as a refresher. On the last day, she jumped off the diving board, three times in a row. Each time, she landed in the water, swam to her teacher and then said, "Again!"

Of course (argh!) I did not have my camera with me.

When we got home she told Jim, "I go diving board all by myself. I like a bird, up in the sky!"

(photos - top, spring 2008. middle, summer 2007, bottom, summer 2006).