I hemmed and hawed and finally broke down and we joined the pool. Today was opening day. I had many issues with joining - the cost, amount of times we'll use it, difficulty in juggling both girls, wearing a suit (ok very vain but it was a concern), Ella's nap schedule...the list goes on. But in the end we joined. And we had a nice time today.
I was worried about what to do with Ella while watching Lilly. Ella spent the first half hour doing this...
Lilly had fun. We had to go over some pool rules such as no splashing and no pouring buckets of water over other kids' heads but once we had them established she was pretty good!
Yes she swam in her bow.
No, no other kids in NJ wear bows like Lilly (well none that I've ever seen).
No, I don't force the bows on her, she likes them and asks for them.
Yes, I intend on continuing to put them in her hair to match her various suits.
And no, I cannot wait until Ella has hair and they can wear matching bows.
Daddy did a lot of the work today while I actually sat in a chair for a while looking out over the pool and thinking about nothing at all.
See? I told you I didn't do much work. Stephy asked me if she could take Lilly into the big pool and Ella was passed around from one eager-baby-holder to the next.
Finally Ella did pass out...
...but she woke 20 minutes later. So we stayed another hour and then I headed home with Ella while Andy stayed with Lilly. It was fun but I'm going to have to get the whole packing and juggling things/kids thing down to a science before I can breathe easy. Here's to summer!
I was worried about what to do with Ella while watching Lilly. Ella spent the first half hour doing this...
Lilly had fun. We had to go over some pool rules such as no splashing and no pouring buckets of water over other kids' heads but once we had them established she was pretty good!
Yes she swam in her bow. No, no other kids in NJ wear bows like Lilly (well none that I've ever seen).
No, I don't force the bows on her, she likes them and asks for them.
Yes, I intend on continuing to put them in her hair to match her various suits.
And no, I cannot wait until Ella has hair and they can wear matching bows.
Daddy did a lot of the work today while I actually sat in a chair for a while looking out over the pool and thinking about nothing at all.
See? I told you I didn't do much work. Stephy asked me if she could take Lilly into the big pool and Ella was passed around from one eager-baby-holder to the next.
Finally Ella did pass out...
...but she woke 20 minutes later. So we stayed another hour and then I headed home with Ella while Andy stayed with Lilly. It was fun but I'm going to have to get the whole packing and juggling things/kids thing down to a science before I can breathe easy. Here's to summer!
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