Zara loves the water, be it in her bath, in a shower, or just playing with the running tap. She loves a dip in the pool too.

On Sunday, since it wasn’t raining in the evening, we brought Zara swimming in my sister’s apartment.

I wanted to teach Zara how to float, a bit too eager, I say. At one point, I actually took out her float, let go off my hand, and see if she could float, but she just sank, and then when I took her out of the water, she was coughing out water. Daddy, who was taking photos was giving me the killer look “Why did you EVEN do THAT?” I felt so bad afterwards, kept apologising to Zara. Zara was very brave, didn’t’ even cry, not a tear, just coughed and coughed, and then wanted to get back into the water. *bad mummy*

*Her float is a gift from a friend from Beijing. I think it’s a very useful float, leaving the kid’s hands free to paddle. Can’t find it here though.

Zara warming up







Mummy trying to teach her to lie on the water, and float.






But, Zara seemed to be interested in something that’s up in the sky.





After dipping her in the pool without float and my hands holding on to her, she was still eager to continue.

Let’s see if I can try to teach her breast stroke.







“Mummy, don’t let go off your hand”

“Hopeless mummy, I think I better hang on to the side of the pool. At least it won’t try to drown me”