No Fear

Hayden has been wanting to go off the high dive at the neighborhood swimming pool all summer! I have found every excuse in the world for him not to do so. The rules said you had to be 7 so I was safe until August 8th! Then August 8th rolled around and he has really been all about it. One weekend it rained all weekend so "I" was safe. See, Hayden has no fear but his mom on the other hand has an unnatural fear of heights and this diving board was no exception to this fear. I saw kids going off that board every time we were there, no one got hurt but ... well you know. Yesterday morning Hayden and I were at the pool when it opened at 10 and were the only people in the pool for the first 40 minutes or so. It was great. However, about 15 minutes into being at the pool, that brave fella looked at me with those incredibly blue eyes and said "Mom, call Dad and tell him to bring the video camera, I AM going off the high dive today". There was not any chance he was going to take no for an answer. Harold loaded up the video camera and headed to the pool. Why did I worry? Hayden climbed right up that ladder and jumped right in the water. As soon as he came back up, he said "Want me to do it again?"

I think a little fear would go a long way! Ha The kiddo is just not afraid of anything with the exception of freaky looking mascots at ballgames. Blooper about does him in every time!!! That's a story for another day though. Enjoy the photos.

Going up.....

Hmm, still holding on....Checking out how far down.....
Here I go.......Still coming down......Can I go again?