Swimming with Aunt Linda

After Joel’s first day of school we went to therapy and then I took the kids out to eat.  They are getting so much easier to take into a restaurant by myself.  After lunch we picked up Aunt Linda and headed to the pool.  For Joel’s birthday Aunt Linda gave us passes to a fun pool near her and we were finally able to pick a warm day when we were all available to go.  

Cecilia going down the slide

Aunt Linda and Cecilia going to get water

It was a perfect afternoon, many kids had already started school so it wasn’t very busy.  There was a kid pool that was zero depth that had a slide, fountains and other water features, and in the deep end it was only 2.5 feet deep!  It is kind of hit or miss if the kids like water and they loved it!  They had so much fun in the kid pool. 

Cecilia spilled her bucket of water.

Joel carrying a bucket of water and Cecilia following Aunt Linda to get more water.

After a little while they wanted to go to the big pool.  So we put life jackets on the boys and headed over there.  Vincent is pretty confident in his swimming skills when he has his life jacket on and was swimming all over the place.  Joel did really well and instead of gripping the side of the pool or me for dear life he let go a few times and just floated.  One time he got nervous because his face hit the water and he started freaking out, he was in absolutely no danger but he was worried.  I reached over and grabbed him and he turned and looked at me and said “Mommy, you saved my life!”  I couldn’t help but laugh a little.

Joel and Vincent filling a hole they made with water.

Cecilia trying really hard not to spill her bucket of water

Cecilia loved the water too, but her life jacket doesn’t really fit her well and she won’t stay in a floatie, so Aunt Linda and I took turns holding her in the big pool.  In the kid pool she spent almost all her time on the slide.  She is not afraid of water!

Joel having fun in the sand

At the top of every hour they have a break and during the break the kids all went to the huge sand area.  They loved it!  They wanted wet sand so they could build things so Aunt Linda was nice enough to keep filling up buckets of water for the kids.  Cecilia and Joel would carry the buckets from the water fountain to the sand on their own most of the time.  You could see how hard it was for them but they were determined!

Cecilia hard at work carrying her bucket of water

After a couple hours Joel was asleep in a towel and it was getting late, so we left.  It was a great time and maybe next year we will try to go there a few more times.  Thanks Aunt Linda for that great birthday present!

The boys having fun!