My first swim!

Our fantastic guests from New Zealand (Trevor and Meryn) left today to continue their trip - it was great to see them both and we hope they enjoy the rest of their trip. They are off to see their son represent NZ in the canoe water polo championships in Germany.

They had a great time here in Scotland (an exceptionally busy one it has to be said) and they even had a surprise visit to Linlithgow Palace (due to a cancelled train) which turned out to be a highlight of their stay - will need to include that on future visitors itineraries!

We had an early Sunday brunch with them this morning in the West end which meant we had the afternoon relatively free so we decided to go for our first swim with Sophie.

Here she is getting ready at home.......

"So, it's like a big bath you say?"

"Sounds great"

"You're coming in as well right?"

Swimsuits on, under our clothes, we trooped down to the swimming pool which is only a five minute walk - we took the car though just in case we had to abort the mission and get home quickly.

The staff at the pool kindly let us take a couple of photos - probably because they knew my phone was so crap that it wouldn't work very well. Here's our first family swimming photo.

The swimming itself was great - all very smooth and straightforward with no tears. Sophie especially liked getting whizzed through the water. Sophie also had her wee "suspicious enjoyment" face on that she had at first during bath time. Almost like she was spending the whole time trying to work out what was going on. We are hoping she'll get the chance to go with Gran sometime this week when Hilary pays us another visit.

After the swim Sophie was all tired out and fell asleep almost immediately - almost the time it will take your eyes to move from one photo to the next.

Now we are home and we're all having a well deserved wee snoozey afternoon.