We have had beautiful weather the last week or so! And since we can't rely on the 80-90's to stay we've been taking full advantage with bike rides (partly because we only have one car right now), walks, trips to the river and of course... the POOL! We are so glad we accepted Grandma and Papa G's offer to let us have it. It's wonderful! Carson has made leaps and bounds with his comfort in the water in just the last week! Here are a few pictures of their fun this evening with Daddy.
Dillon was on the ladder waiting to jump and Carson wouldn't move so we told him to jump nice and high and go over him (just this once). He made quite the jump, wish I'd caught it at the peak!
This is the boy that wouldn't jump unless he was holding your hand even 8 days ago.
He's hit and miss with how far he can swim. Sometimes he can make it all the way across the pool (16 ft) and sometimes he barely makes it 4. He loves to go under the water and wave at anybody who will sit under there and wave at him too. Kayda and Dillon love it when he swims to them and constantly want him to jump towards them. They're great about helping him stay up top, he can get there but isn't quite skilled enough to stay there yet. He's mastered front floats already, we're working on "bobs" and getting him comfortable on his back, and of course the art of the quick breath.
This girl is obsessed with diving. We have MANY rules in place. She is allowed to stand on the second step from the bottom and shallow dive from there. Does pretty good considering she's starting with a third of her body in the water! In case you didn't notice that back/belly... Kayda is in love with two piece swimsuits. I was hoping to get her more of a tankini but... We were going to a pool party today when I realized her last swimsuit is sagging a ridiculous amount. So on our way we run by Fred Meyer. Which of course is selling out the last of their swimsuits (WHAT!?! We're JUST getting warm!). Anyways. We managed to find two suits that fit her, one of which was a one piece which was borderline too small. She had her heart set on a two piece though. After a long discussion, I finally decided she could because it is not a triangle top, it's more of a square top with ruffles which make it feel more suited to a child. I still have mixed feelings about it but she LOVES it. At the party she didn't want to put her clothes on for the park portion, not because she didn't want her clothes wet, because she didn't want to cover up her swimsuit!!! I was able to get her to put her top on first and then when she was ready to play on the toys (immediately after we reached them) she was willing to put the bottoms on. We are in serious trouble with this girl. I hope to be able to help her develop her own sense of modesty, not one manufactured by religion or society. A rule set of her very own... We'll see how that goes...
Look at that front glide position!
Dillon swimming along side Carson.
A week and a half ago we decided to build a solar heater of our very own. We had seen more compact versions for sale for 100+ each. I looked at them and though "We could build one of those" and so we did. We have 20 feet of black hose in there, it has our pool consistently running 10 degrees higher than our neighbors pool (same size and we both have solar covers). We built it for all of 50-60 dollars and essentially have two of the ones you can buy. It took longer than it should have because we had to deal with two holes, one that showed up in the end of the black hose where it connects to the filter hoses and one in the middle (nowhere close to where we were working)! It was frustrating but totally worth it. Our pool usually starts out around 90 degrees in the morning and ends up being around 94-96 by the end of the day. It is magical to swim in and we can even use it in the evenings without everyone getting hypothermia!
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