Summer's Here!

We kicked off our Memorial Day weekend with a "Pool Opening" neighborhood cookout. To say the kids were excited about the pool opening would have been an understatement! I was fearful the water would be freezing and appointed Paul to be the designated parent in the water. After dinner he took Julia & Jacob to the kiddie pool and played with them in there for a while. Jacob loved it! He splashed and splashed and had the best time!

The cookout was a great start to the weekend. Over the next two days we spent a lot of time at the pool and had some great friends and family over to play in the pool with us. The older girls a especially are having fun swimming and playing with a lot of friends that they don't see too often. Julia is having fun too but she's a little more tentative in the water though gaining more confidence every day. And Jacob. Oh my. He's crazy at the pool. Almost scary crazy. No fear. Loves the water. Doesn't care about going under or getting his face wet. Can't take your eyes off him for a second. Which is a problem. Since Paul works. A lot.

I did brave a solo trip to the pool this afternoon with all 4 of them. Thankfully a lifeguard was on duty and there were several neighbors we know pretty well down there. And most thankfully, only a few friends were there so we didn't have to stay long. The older 2 girls are mostly fine but we've instituted a buddy rule where if they are in water that is too deep for them they have to be with a buddy. But in general it's just exhausting and stressful for me! I'm hoping it will get a little easier since I know we can't hide in the house all summer.