Hot weather = fun times in the pool.
This summer has been a good one for hot weather and me and my husband have been able to spend some time at the beach, which is lovely. I am greedy and want more beach time. Of course we have spent some good times at the pool too. I love spending time in the pool with my nephews. It is fun watching them enjoy the pool (I am glad I insisted on having a pool, ha - knock wood) and learn to swim - they get braver each passing day. My nephew Kenny (he is 6) has been swimming like a fish this summer. He started out barely going under water at the beginning of the summer to going as far under as the pool is deep - he swims under and touches bottom now. He loves to swim. I always remember Kenny telling me I was a mermaid a couple of summers ago, now he is on his way to swimming like one too.
My nephew Alex (he just turned 4) also loves to be in the pool but he does not swim yet (as far as I know, it has been a few weeks since I was in the pool with him...now that I think of it he is dog paddling a bit) but he is on his way. He usually hangs out by the ladder but this summer he has started venturing out and recently started going under water. One day last month we were in the pool and he threw off his life jacket and announced he was going under water. I was like "Uh, OK" a little scared but you have to let the kids test themselves (I was actually more scared at his Mom's reaction but she wasn't around). He would dip under to test it out. It was so cute and lovely to witness his joy of the water. Alex is a funny little character and I hardly ever see him smile until he gets into the pool.
Then there is Baby Brent who just turned 3. He also love the water just like his brothers and wants to swim in the pool just like them. Of course he sees them swimming around and wants to be just like his older brothers... or sees them without a life jacket and refuses to put one on himself. Actually he has always hated the life jacket. Most times we make him, threatening him with nap time if he doesn't cooperate. He puts on his life jacket fast enough then! He is a stinker. One time last month he was getting in the pool and refused to put his life jacket on. I let him get in without it thinking I would just hold onto him but the stubborn, brave baby decided he was going to swim like his oldest brother. The bad thing is he began to sink like a stone. I was right there as his little face went under water, his eyes got huge as he realized he was sinking and he began to panic. Of course I pulled him out quick as can be. He was alright and not too scared, I think he laughed once I pulled him out. I just hope that taught him that the life jacket is for his protection. Of course kids must push boundaries and test themselves. I just pray for my nephews to always be safe around the pool.
Can I say again how fun and special it is watching these guys learn to swim? It is great to watch them develop each passing day. I wish I could spend more time with them. I also want to do a better job at keeping my memories of them, specially when they are young.
This summer I bought this log flume thingie for the pool. It is two blow up 'logs' that you sit on in the pool along with two blow up 'jousters' that you hit another person with to knock them off their log. I thought it would be fun and perfect for rambunctious boys to play with. If they could only stay on the log long enough. We found out that it is next to impossible to stay on the dang log. I had fun the first day I attempted to. My husband and nephews laughed at me as I tried to straddle the log and stay on. Of course the second I was on the log would roll and I would be dumped into the water with a shriek. It was fun. A couple of times I was able to stay on for more than a few seconds but Kenny thought it was more fun to see me get dumped into the water and he would push me off. My stepson Jordan is better at staying on the logs although we had fun teasing him because it looks hilarious to see anybody getting on the thing. He and Kenny actually were able to have a couple of jousts too, although I had to balance Kenny and hold his log. Jordan was the winner of the jousts of course.
Ah summer memories, fun times in the pool. Those are the best!
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