Pool Party

Anden's big kick right now is "Mommy, I want to go to the beach". I have no idea where this request came from. He hasn't been to the beach since last year in Maui and I doubt he really remembers that trip. Well unfortunately our new house doesn't have a pool. So we've had to improvise in order to keep Anden's beach needs fulfilled. Thus enters the inflatable 2nd class pool.

To really make the event memorable, I even broke out the faded, torn, mildew infested floaties that Jeremy said he properly stored but yet I somehow found shoved in a heap on the side of the house! After Anden got over his intense envy that Taylee now inherited his blue one, he jumped right in and slammed to the bottom of the 1 foot deep pool. "Mommy mine's broken!" Katie: "No it's not, it works perfect, see you're floating!" Anden: "No Mommy my bummy's on the ground". Katie: "Yep honey and that means it's working!" I didn't feel the need to tell him that his butt shouldn't be slammed on the ground but rather gracefully floating!

Apparently my explanation was enough for him. He went on his merrily butt scraping way and had a great time.

Taylee, however, had the advantage in this situation. Her butt was only barely touching; and she doesn't know what a butt is anyway. So I was in the clear from providing her with an intelligent explanation as well.

They both had so much fun in that measly 1 foot of dirty hose water. "Mommy lets swim again tomorrow!" I didn't have the heart to tell him it would be infested with dead flys, bees, grass, animal excretions and mud by then. He'll soon learn our new special pool doesn't come with an automatic cleaning system but rather a plug in the bottom to release the filthy contents. Definitely high tech!