Pool Adventures

Yesterday our friends invited us to go swimming at their neighborhood pool. Aside from one trip to a hotel pool in December, it has been nearly 10 months since we've been swimming regularly. After nearly 4 years in Hawaii, it seems so hard to believe. I left Will napping at home while Jake worked on schoolwork and took the older kids out for the afternoon. The pool was great. It had a large section that was only 2 1/2 feet deep, and the kids mostly stayed there. I was thankful, because it turns out that the pool will not allow any floats that are not "Coast Guard approved." I found this highly annoying, as it ruled out all our ring/tube floats as well as the arm waterwings. Since Addie and Jacob cannot swim yet, I thought we would have to leave... but was pleasantly surprised that Jacob was tall enough to keep his head above the water.

The kids had a blast jumping into the pool. Jacob kept yelling, "To infinity - and beyond!" before every jump. While I had the camera out, he wouldn't jump unless I was watching. He's a ham. The last jumping shot is of our friend, Luke. 

Addie insisted that I took a picture of her "swimming" underwater, which actually consists of her holding her breath and dunking under.

Bella is truly a water girl at heart:

She even tried to help Addie learn to swim:

Jacob carried around these water toys the whole time. He would throw them in and jump after them, or just carry them for fun.

The kids spent a long time playing Ring Around the Rosy:

Bella and Ella:

One of my favorite shots... the kids waiting patiently for the lifeguard break to end:

I forgot how much our family enjoys going to the pool. I might just have to figure out ways to take the kids to some public pools this summer.