Oh, what do you do in the summertime?

It is too stinking hot to do much outside this summer. The only good outdoor activity is the pool. Good thing we have a pass! It is worth the 20 minute drive to get there and we've averaged 2 visits a week, for about 2 hours per visit. The base has 2 different outdoor pools, and this week we went to the second one both days. We were there today!

The pool has these super-fun float thingies. Actually, they are only fun if there are not too many people at the pool. When there are too many people, there is too much drama and fighting to gain control of them and they tend to bang into people while kids brawl over them. Fortunately, the pool was nearly empty on Tuesday, due to overcast skies, and today it was also not overcrowded. Marian secured this float and her sisters immediately wanted to play on it. I asked Joshua if he would get out, dry off, grab the camera, and get a picture of them on it. He obliged and this is the result. Well, its the result, after I cropped myself out. The water gave me a very large derriere and I refuse to consider it may truly belong to me.

Callie is getting quite brave with her jumping in. The shallowest part of the pool is still 3 and a half feet deep, so she can't touch the bottom. Less fun for me. I have 3 girls at all times who require close supervision. Callie had a ball jumping in. Repeatedly. She jumped in with the pink tube there. Then she jumped while I held her hand. Then she jumped to my hand. She's got great hand-eye coordination! I would hold my hand on the water and she would leap in, grabbing my hand as she did so, and she got my hand every time! Delaney got brave at the end and crawled around the side of the pool, holding on to it.

Marian was queen of these floats. She doesn't care who is on it, she'll jump on and join them. Then she liked to jump back in the water. She's so fun to watch!

Up and down, that's what she spent the afternoon doing. I would look for her and get alarmed because I wouldn't see her. Then Marian would pop out of the water, where she'd been swimming on the bottom. Like I said, she's a lot of fun!

We brought Joshua's friend to the pool with us and he had a good time. They entertained each other, which was nice, because I was wrapped up in 3 little girls. I can't wait till all the kids are self sufficient!

And this is how tuckered out Callie was! 4:30 I looked over at the computer and noticed the screen was black. Callie had fallen asleep in the chair! Being the mom I am, I immediately grabbed the camera. Then I carried her up to her room.