One morning though Adam's Speedos were in the washing machine so Karen suggested that he skinny-dip, using that old saying that he had nothing we didn't see every day anyway - if I remember correctly he had already removed his nightwear at this point and was standing naked in front of us.  Adam wasn't convinced that nobody would be able to see him (I think he was particularly worried about the girl who lives in our street and is in his class seeing him).  After a few moment's thought he decided to go for it.   Karen and I watched him as he splashed around and I made a comment about how good it would be to be Adam's age again and be able to run around nude at home without feeling we were doing anything wrong.  It was just a throwaway comment and we thought no more about it.  Adam finished in the pool and as usual he stayed nude until he'd finished his shower.

The next morning Adam came downstairs and took off his pajamas.  I handed him his Speedos but he said he didn't need them and once again he played in the pool completely naked.   After a week of skinny-dipping the Speedos were long forgotten and even out of the pool we noticed that Adam was spending a lot of time naked around the house.  It didn't bother us at all because it was all very innocent and he knew to dress if we had visitors in.

One evening around a fortnight later I arrived home from work to find, Leanne, one of Karen's friends had dropped round for a visit.  I was surprised that her young son Dean who was five then was not with her but she explained that he was playing in the pool with Adam.  I saw a two small piles of boys' clothes in the conservatory but I didn't think for a moment that the boys were swimming without costumes on yet they came into the house, both as naked as the day they were born.  I was really surprised that Adam was so comfortable being naked in front of Leanne.  Both boys were dripping wet until they were dried by their respective mothers.  I have to confess I was envious of Adam and the freedom he seemed to enjoy by not wearing any clothes.  My own parents would never have approved of me spending so much time naked as a child and I can't recall one instance from my own childhood when I was naked in front of someone else in a non-typical situation.

I knew Karen had been a bit of a skinny-dipper as a child, having been brought up next to a lake, and I decided to bring up the subject of naturism with her one night.  She was not interested at all in trying a naturist holiday with other people there but she did say that she wouldn't mind going somewhere private with Adam and I.  We knew the perfect place.  A friend of mine runs a farm in Wales which backs on to a lake.  There is a small wood there and he had always told us we would be welcome to camp there.  We were used to Mediterranean holidays so a week's camping in Wales was sure to be a bit of a culture shock.  We put the idea to Adam - telling him that we would like to skinny-dip too - and he seemed keen so in the summer of 1999 we were Wales-bound.

We set up camp quite close to the water and it didn't take long for Adam to strip off and go for a swim.   Karen and I joined in but he seemed to freeze when he saw us - perhaps with hindsight it would have been a good idea if he had seen us naked before the holiday - but once he saw we just wanted to have the same kind of fun he did then he returned to his normal self.   Neither Karen or I spent any time nude except when we were swimming.  Adam hardly wore a thread all week (and it showed - it took Karen an hour and a half to scrub him clean when we got home!)   Since then Karen and I have been less self-conscious at home.  We don't spend all day nude but we don't cover ourselves between the bedroom and the bathroom for example.  We went back to the lake last year and we will go again this summer.

Adam on the other hand is naked for every free moment and enjoying his youthful innocence to the full.  I enjoy watching him do everyday things in the nude - not for any perverse reasons of course - but just because he is so comfortable with his body and his self-image and for that we are proud of him.