Scott had to work all day today (Saturday) and he's going to have to work all day tomorrow too. Did I mention his work life has become a bit insane? So it's kind of a bummer weekend. We were planning to go to our church pool party this morning, but when I found out Scott would be working I chickened out. I didn't want to have to wrangle my two non-swimmers in a big kid pool. The kids were a little sad, so later in the day I took them over to a shallow kiddie pool in our neighborhood. We stayed there for hours and they had a blast. Here's Anna sitting on one of the slides.
You have to wear swim caps at this pool. Matthew's looks like a little beret.
Matthew liked this little slide. He liked it more than the cement slide at
Comprehensive because it didn't have water squirting on you. He also made lots of little friends at the park.
Anna got sunblock in her eyes, so she was very sad and uncomfortable for a while at the beginning. Poor Anna. Also it rained on us a few times. Here's Anna taking shelter in the stroller. She didn't want me to take her picture. She was having a bad time.
Luckily, she felt better later and wanted to go in the water, try the slides and splash around. She even acquiesced to wearing a swim cap, although she wasn't sure about it at first.
Here she is about to try the little slide. She tried the big octopus slide in the background too, as did Matthew. Hooray! Matthew went up to the top of the big slide two times, and then changed his mind and came back down the stairs. But on the third try he summoned all his courage and went down. After that he went again and again and asked me to clap and cheer for him each time and say "wheeee" as he went down.
Both kids could touch bottom everywhere in the pool, so that made things a little less stressful for me. Anna did trip in the deeper end of the pool and went under. In true Anna form, she was very ticked when I picked her up out of the water and told me she wanted to swim on her own. In spite of my interference, I think they both had a good time.
Scott had to work all day today (Saturday) and he's going to have to work all day tomorrow too. Did I mention his work life has become a bit insane? So it's kind of a bummer weekend. We were planning to go to our church pool party this morning, but when I found out Scott would be working I chickened out. I didn't want to have to wrangle my two non-swimmers in a big kid pool. The kids were a little sad, so later in the day I took them over to a shallow kiddie pool in our neighborhood. We stayed there for hours and they had a blast. Here's Anna sitting on one of the slides.
You have to wear swim caps at this pool. Matthew's looks like a little beret.
Matthew liked this little slide. He liked it more than the cement slide at Comprehensive because it didn't have water squirting on you. He also made lots of little friends at the park.
Anna got sunblock in her eyes, so she was very sad and uncomfortable for a while at the beginning. Poor Anna. Also it rained on us a few times. Here's Anna taking shelter in the stroller. She didn't want me to take her picture. She was having a bad time.
Luckily, she felt better later and wanted to go in the water, try the slides and splash around. She even acquiesced to wearing a swim cap, although she wasn't sure about it at first.
Here she is about to try the little slide. She tried the big octopus slide in the background too, as did Matthew. Hooray! Matthew went up to the top of the big slide two times, and then changed his mind and came back down the stairs. But on the third try he summoned all his courage and went down. After that he went again and again and asked me to clap and cheer for him each time and say "wheeee" as he went down.
Both kids could touch bottom everywhere in the pool, so that made things a little less stressful for me. Anna did trip in the deeper end of the pool and went under. In true Anna form, she was very ticked when I picked her up out of the water and told me she wanted to swim on her own. In spite of my interference, I think they both had a good time.
5 comments:
What a fantastic kiddie pool! I wish we had something like that here.
But the most fantastic thing are those swim caps! Matthew and Anna look SOOOOO adorable!
blyclisYou are brave indeed. It looks like they had a good time, sunblock in the eyes and all.
Good job, octopus sliders!
Mom K
I got sunblock in my eyes a few times. Very uncomfortable. You have to cry it out. Poor Anna!
I know, sunblock in the eyes is the worst! I felt so bad for her.
The kids look so cute with their swim caps on. And I love the first picture of Anna with her swim cap and her cute smile! I love the pool it looks like so much fun I wish we had one of those here but for big people I would be there everyday!
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