The Space Pool

As part of the International Academy experience, Thomas had to sign up for electives, which in the IA jargon are referred to as "enrichments". His first choice was for something called "Flash" which is nothing to do with speed or exhibitionism, but a type of computer animation. The bad part is that it's at 8 AM on a Saturday, at his school (of course) which is 45 minutes away. We managed to get to the building exactly on time, but found every entrance locked. Finally as a last resort we went in the pool, which turns out to be attached to the building he needed to be in and, in fact, the secret entrance. He made it to class 20 minutes late, but the instructor reassured him that they hadn't really got started yet. As usual I went for a swim, and this time I took snaps of the space-themed kiddie pool to show its awesomeness. Behold!

The slide (that Frederick keeps trying to pluck up the nerve to go down) even goes outside the building - look:

Oh, and Thomas LOVED his class, so that made up for losing his Saturday sleep in.