This season one of Vanessa's favorite books is Sergio Makes a Splash. Sergio is a penguin who can't swim and is quite afraid to learn. Vanessa would be a good friend to Sergio. She's confident, although she has a lot to learn. She wants to do the huge slides at Zoombezi Bay. Every time we park at the zoo we have to have a long conversation about how she's still too small for those gigantic slides. She wants to venture alone from the shallow stairs at Grandma and Grandpa's pool. But we keep reminding her she's not quite ready yet.
"I can swim just like a penguin. Really fast."
"When I get bigger I will jump just like Daddy." In the meantime, Grandpa is keeping her safe. He's also helping to build strong leg muscles for big dives and big flips, just like Daddy does.
