The New Pool

Lily loves, loves, loves playing in water. I had fully intended on spending lots of time at my parent's pool this summer, but unfortunately, that just isn't happening for many reasons. So, this morning, we decided it would be fun to buy an inflatable pool for her. We actually have one that we bought when she was about 8 months old, but it is pretty small, and we thought she would get bored pretty easily with it. We did some quick internet research and found the one we wanted. I asked Lily if she would come with me to run a few errands, and then we would go get her a surprise...that always excites her.

After running our errands, I told her it was time for her surprise, and I asked if she wanted to know where we were going, so of course she said yes. I said "the toy store" to which Lily replied "the book store?!", and I said "no, the toy store." Her reply..."oh." That's not exactly the response I was expecting, but after thinking about it, I realized she didn't know what a toy store was because she has only been once before, and we have been to the book store many, many times. As soon as we walked in the door of Toys R Us though, her eyes got wide, and she just started saying "Oh, Mommy, look! Look over there! Mommy look!" She was really excited when I found the one I was looking for. She even told the lady at check-out "This my new pool!"

She couldn't wait for Ryan to get the pool all blown up and ready for her, but it took a little while. She kept watching him out the window though and giving me updates. I have never heard her speak in such a high, excited voice as she said "He almost done Mommy! He almost done!" When Ryan called to tell me he just had to put the water in, I started to get the girls ready. We put on Lily's swim diaper, swimsuit and swim shoes (she loves to wear a specific pair of shoes when she goes to a pool). After she was dressed she said "I be excited Mommy!" We got Mia dressed and headed down. She was thrilled!

The water was pretty cold which felt great on such a hot day, but it took Lily a few minutes to get used to it and really get in and play. First she started with the ball slide which go down both sides of the smaller, wading pool. Then she had a great time playing in the larger pool (not that either of the pools are very big) with her bucket and shovel. Finally, she had a blast going down the little slide that connects the two. She was having such a great time; Ryan and I had fun just watching her! She stayed out there for a couple of hours (Mia had already gone down for her nap), and she was not very happy when we told her it was nap time. She asked about the pool as she soon as she woke up from her nap too. It's so fun to see when she loves something!

Here are lots of pictures, but I posted the one above because it was my favorite.  Look at the sheer joy on her face!

So much fun!