If There is a Hint of Sun, We are at the Pool

We gave up gymnastics for swimming this summer and have spent every remotely sunny day at the pool. (From the first photo below you can see that we are sometimes there when no one else thinks that it is a good pool day…Hey, we want our money’s worth!)

Katie, Sarah, and Lisa are our constant companions.  On sunny days we go at noon and close the place down at 9PM!  We bring stuff to barbecue, and the daddy’s join us when they get off work.

Both monkeys have become amazingly confident in the water.  They will easily go underwater and try new things.  I have been very pleased with how much they are learning.

Jack loves to go under water and will “swim” with his head down and kick as long as he is in an area where he can touch.  He did some jumping in off the side in the deep end, but it really hurt his nose as it was just after his surgery – so he has given up on that for now.  His favorite thing to do right now is touch the bottom of the pool with his hands.

Owen loves to swim to someone from the side and swim back.  As usual, he takes direction seriously, and has had swim instructions from Lisa, Katie, and Sarah.  You can see little steps of improvement each time he swims.

The other day he saw a neighborhood boy, Logan, jump off of the diving board and decided that he wanted to do it too. (This is the same boy that inspired Owen to ride with no training wheels – love this kid!)  The next day, Owen took Katie and Sarah, and walked right up to the board, told me to jump in and be by for safety, and then he trotted right down the board and jumped off without a moment’s hesitation at the end.  He could swim enough to get to the side and did it over and over again.

They monkeys very  favorite is when Daddy comes in to play –  he’s the third wild boy!

Sarah

Charlotte and Bridget and parents came with us on one cold day.  They kids had fun together, and we all went in, but I later found out that the pool heater had accidently been turned off.  Opps – sorry guys.

The kiddos had fun playing games outside the pool anyway…

And parents enjoyed a little vino…

Even Dock and Nana and our little Tyler joined us for one day (unfortunately I was home in bed with Strep Throat – but how cute are they!!??)  Daddy even packed the pool bag and all of the dinner for everyone!