Pool Time

The sun was shining...at least a little bit! So we headed down to Nana and Poppa's so we could all go to the town pool. Peanut and Button call this pool The House Pool because the toddler pool has a large house-shaped water feature in the center. Every year the boys spend hours in the toddler pool, enjoying the fountains and spilling buckets, and swimming under the dividing rope countless times, or diving for pennies. All of this done in a maximum of 2 feet of water!

This year we continued the tradition of setting up under the tree at the far end of the toddler pool. Once everyone was set up with chairs or towels, sunscreen applied, we wandered down to the 'deep' end (2ft) to play. Button was the first in and was delighted by the attention as he showed off his wonderful swimming skills. He had his goggles on and would swim a foot under water and then bob up with a squeal of delight and pride at his accomplishment. I was very impressed! The Nanas then provided the entertainment as they threw pennies in for the boys to dive for. Peanut was in the water by now,despite it being very cold. It was so cold due to the crazily wet and cold weather over the past two months. There had not been a chance for it to warm up! Hence the Nanas and I were not planning to get wet.

Peanut, Button and I left the grandparents to soak p the sun and we headed int the food court to eat lunch. Hot dogs and french fries. Yummy!

Once we had eaten, we then went to the big pool as Peanut wanted to go on the diving board. He had mastered a good jump (not ready for full dives at 6) last summer, and he had been excited to get back to do more. Nana and Poppa sate down on the grass and Button decided he wanted to swim in the big pool. One end was only 3 feet so he was able to touch the bottom..phew, I didn't have to get in! So I walked up and down the edge of the pool (catching the sun beautifully) as Button literally began swimming, in his own unique style, along the side. Fearless!

Meanwhile, Peanut continued to sit with Nana and Poppa...I discovered this was due to the diving board being closed for the dive team practice. Peanut was VERY upset. At first he was in too much of a huff to do anything but sulk, but eventually, he began to watch some good dives by young team members.

Nana and I switched off watching all the belongings which were still by the toddler pool. Nana reported that Peanut had eventually come out of his huff and had swam with Button in the pool.

We all left content...the boys had enjoyed a good swim and were relatively okay with the cold water, and the adults were extremely relieved to have avoided having to go in at all.