Pool Day

We spent a Sunday afternoon at the pool and we had a blast! My kids are like fishies in the water and this day was no different. They swam for over 5 and a half hours. 

Rascal is my cautious kid around water. Blows my mind since he has such a laid back care free personality. However I am glad he knows he should respect the water. 

Rascal can swim some in the shallow (4 feet) water but he just doesn't have the confidence to do it all the time. We talked him in to jumping off the side into the shallow water and I thought he'd never do it. One time was enough for him, he would rather chill out in the shallow end and watch his brother do the dare devil tricks. 

Scooter can swim great. he doesn't need a life vest anymore and there is no keeping him out of the deep end. He loves to jump off the side or in this case the waterfall. 

Scooter did want to get on top of the waterfall but he would not jump off it. 

He also wanted to have someone up there with him. 

Baby A has loved the water since she was just a tiny baby. She knows she must wear a life vest (or puddle jumper, like she has on in these pics) but as long as she has that on she is a little dare devil herself. She wanted to jump off the waterfall this time but we wouldn't let her. So she settled for jumping off the side into the deepest part of the pool. 

The kids thought the cave under (or behind?) the waterfall was so cool. 

Would you just look at her face?!?!?! I mean it when I say this girl is a mess! 

And look at that pose! Sassy! 

We had to take Lucy with us since we were in town all day long. She stayed locked up in her crate for the majority of the time. We did let her out to potty and when we did we thought we would see if she liked to swim. She was so funny, she wasn't really scared of the water but she wasn't real sure what was going on. Tim would pick her up out of the water and her feet would still be paddling the entire time. She chilled on the raft with Baby A for a minute and then she went back to her crate. 

It was a fun afternoon that Tim and I needed a week to recover from. Why is it that the kids can swim for nearly 6 hours straight and not be affected (except for their appetite) but Tim and I swim for 3 hours and we need to sleep for a week to recover? I think we are just that out of shape and OLD! 

I love to see the joy in my kids eyes when they are on the lake, at the beach or in a pool. 

It thrills me to no end!