Summer Fun

Growing up we were very lucky. We never had a pool, but 2 of my best friends on the street had pools and their parents always let us swim there. I can remember being in my bathing suit at 8:00am begging my friend's mom to let us swim. It probably wasn't even 80 degrees outside, but we were determined! They called me a little fish because I loved the water so much. I still do to this day, but don't really make the time to go in the pool like I used to. Then again, I don't have summers off like I used to :)

As I got older I dreamed of sharing my love of the water with my kids. Folks, the day has arrived! I didn't get Jake signed up for swim lessons this summer because I couldn't get my own schedule figured out and now it's too late. But, I'll see if they have late summer classes and try to get in toward the end of summer. For now, this is what we'll do:

This is Jacob in his brand new floater in the first few minutes of being in the pool. The jury was still out at this point, as to whether or not he liked the water. But, he warmed up to it soon enough and was kicking his little frog legs like nobody's business.

This is Jacob getting kisses from Joe after they'd already been in the pool for about 25 minutes. He was starting to yawn so we took our party upstairs for a very long nap time. (Mommy is not complaining about that)

Once my sunburn wears off, I'll put some sunblock on (was too concentrated on getting it on Jake to remember to put some on myself) and get back out there with him. This is what summers are for!

Hot days. Cool nights. And wonderful family time in the pool.