First Swim of the Season

 We took the kids swimming once the pool opened up for the season and had a fun time.

 Keeley looked so cute in her little hoodie coverup!

 Cute sissies!

 Keeley was excited to go swimming.

 The girls had fun swimming together.

 KeeKee River loves the swimming pool!

 Isaac had fun playing with Rivvie and made her laugh.

It's been nice this year because all of the kids, except Rivvie, obviously, know how to swim pretty well. Keeley has actually been very chill and relaxed in her little life jacket and enjoys just hanging out with mama. Glad we have this pool!

$50 well spent

A few months ago I bought an above ground pool at a Toys R Us that was going out of business. It is 13 feet across and 39 inches tall, and it came with a pump, ladder, and cover for $50. I thought that was a really good deal and I thought it would be perfect for our family this summer. Because it was a close-out, it was non-returnable and I had left my cell phone at home. I pictured what Keith would say about it if I asked him, and I figured he would say no. But I knew our kids would love it, and I would be hugely pregnant in the hot months, so I went ahead and got it.

We have loved having this little pool! Sareny can touch the bottom and she is able to practice what she is learning at swimming lessons and Isaac loves to float around with his water wings. Tonight we had the O'Neill family over to swim with us, and the kids all had such a great time. Sareny always wants to have friends over and with swimming lessons and driving to Scottsdale twice a week, my schedule has been pretty full. She gets to go to friends' houses biweekly when I go to the hospital for the non-stress tests, but she wants them to come to our house! The O'Neill's have only been gone for half an hour, and she is already pestering me to invite them over again! She was very impressed because Garrett was such a good hider at hide and seek, and she said she had so much fun with all of them. She calls Madison the "big girl," and far from meaning offense by it, she thinks Madison is so grown up because she gets to sit in the front seat of their car. Anyway, we had a great time!

Sunburn

I took the kids to the Starlight swimming pool today, and we had so much fun! The lifeguards took them down the slide a bunch of times, and we mostly just splashed around in the baby pool. It was difficult to get them out of the pool, and when they are having such a good time I always hate to end the fun, so we ended up staying there for 2 hours. If only Isaac enjoyed swimming lessons as much as he likes swimming with Mommy!

Once we got home I could tell that I missed a spot with the sunscreen under Sareny's eye, and my itchy back let me know I didn't get myself very good. :( Sareny actually let me put her hair into pigtails today and after her hair got wet they fell into perfect little ringlets. Lucky girl!

Swimming Lessons

Sareny and Isaac are in swimming lessons this summer, and today was the third day of class. Because I am going to have a baby sometime in the next few weeks, I had to put Isaac, who is not quite 2, into a level 1 class with his sister, who is 4. Sounds crazy, and I have been worried about him for the past month. He is not very happy in there, but each day gets a little better, and I am just glad the lifeguard is letting him stay in. I sit right on the side under an umbrella to help calm him down, keep him in the pool, and keep him from drowning when the lifeguard is busy with the other kids.

Sareny loves her lessons and has a lot of fun since the class is full of her friends. The picture above is with one of her best friends that was in her preschool class. She likes to do bobs at the side, and is very excited because when she goes under, her feet can touch the bottom. Her life goal is to be a lifeguard someday!

Sareny doing bobs, and Isaac actually not too unhappy.

Sareny floating and loving it...Isaac not quite loving it...

Hurray for swimming lessons!