Taken wayyy too long

So last week my friend Danielle brought her husband and her kids over to our house to play and we decided to get out the swimming pool and go swimming.  We have a pretty awesome blow-up pool if I do say so myself.  Palm trees, slide and a tiger that shoots water into the pool.  The kids had so much fun playing and swimming in the pool that we decided to do it again Sunday and then again Monday morning.  And then I realized, why on earth has it taken me until August to get out the kiddie pool?

I always thought of the pool as a pain, I mean who wants to blow up the pool every time, fill it with water and then make sure that three kids don't drown in it?  But I realized the reason that I didn't want to mess with it was because I was used to having the pool at our old house.  Our house where there were ticks and spiders galore and I was afraid of being out in the pool for too long because things would end up floating in it.  Ew!  But at our new house it's totally different.  We have an actual driveway, with little to no bugs that bother us and a quiet neighborhood with no traffic to worry about. 



The boys enjoying the pool




Running and "jumping" into the pool



The edge of the pool was a fun place to play too



I will miss this awesome pool and our awesome pool parties!

 Between watching the kids play in the water, having a water fight with Danielle and sitting in the pool on the hottest day of the week on Monday and it not feeling hot at all, I realized just how much I love the pool!  I cannot believe that it has taken the entire summer for us to get the pool out.  I forgot how cooler it is outside when you are just lounging in the pool!  And it is wonderful to feel the water between your toes and the sun on your face.  The kids enjoy it almost as much as I do.  :-)  I'm trying to convince Greg that we need something a little more permanent for next summer.  Something that I don't have to blow up every time I want to use it.  Plus, unfortunately for our poor pool and for us, we have a small leak in our current pool, causing us to have to blow it up every 15 minutes because it starts to loose it's air. 

I feel a little stupid and lazy that my kids could have been enjoying the pool all summer long, cooling off in the water and having a great time, but we just now got it out.  I guess I've learned my lesson on that one.  Put that one on the back burner for next summer.  It may have taken me wayyyy too long to figure it out, but at least I figured it out at all, right?  I mean, a little is better than none.  Isn't that how the saying goes?  Besides, it may have taken us this long to get it out, but some of my greatest memories from this summer were from using that pool.  I will never forget our mid-afternoon, child-inspired, looked like reh-tards water fight!  Too bad we didn't get a picture....  I don't remember the last time I had so much fun!  Thanks Danielle, I'm pretty sure I love you a little more now.  Hard to do I know, but pretty sure it happened!  :-)