Sadly, this is our last week of summer vacation before school begins. I wanted to have some special time with the girls and have a fun week before the calendar fills and the schedules begin. On Sunday after church Chris and I took the girls to my parents' community pool to swim. The girls really love to swim and are quite comfortable in the water. Ashlyn is getting so close to being able to swim without any flotation device, but still needs the blow up arm floaties. Avery wears a zip-up body suit with built in flotation and also the blow up arm floaties. We spent the afternoon swimming and soaking up the sun. They both have a pretty golden tan, despite always putting on sunscreen. Ashlyn and Avery both love for Chris to throw them up in the air and splash down in to the water... little dare devils!
On Tuesday I took the girls to Boomerang's Bounce house. They had a great time bouncing and sliding and running around.
On Tuesday I took the girls to Boomerang's Bounce house. They had a great time bouncing and sliding and running around.
On Wednesday I took the girls to one of the city's public pools. I've been nervous all summer to take them by myself but decided to go since they have done great in the water this summer and Ashlyn has really wanted to go. She remembers going a few times last summer. (She has a great memory of things, it truly amazes me!) What always catches Ashlyn's attention as we drive by this rec center is the tall, multi-colored water slides. She also recalls last summer not being tall enough to ride these slides. To her dismay, she still isn't tall enough this summer. The rules say you must be 48" tall; she is around 45" tall. Those life guards are sticklers! Most of them anyway! On Ashlyn's first attempt to go down the slide, she climbed way up all the steps only be told she wasn't tall enough. She had the most pitifully disappointed look on her face as Avery and I watched her climb back down to where we were waiting for her. So we went swimming in the big pools and played in the water fountains. I slyly waited until a quite 'laid back' lifeguard rotated to the top of the slide and we attempted the slides again. Bingo! Ashlyn took turns sliding down the 3 different slides over and over. One of the slides is enclosed and could hear her squeal as she came down. So funny and she absolutely loved it. But then, the life guards rotated positions again and spoiled all Ashlyn's fun. Once again, she was turned down and had to walk back down all those steps. I was so proud of her when she didn't complain and instead was happy to have gotten to try out the water slides. While Ashlyn was sliding, Avery played in some water fountains at the foot of where the water slides dump out. Afterwards we went over to the sprinkler playground where Avery had a blast sliding over and over down a slide more her size and then we moved indoors to the lazy river. What a fun place so close to our house that has so much for the girls to enjoy. I'm glad I decide to go despite my nervousness of watching them by myself in the water.
And now, as they say, all good things must come to and end. This is the end of the summer, but we have wonderful things to look forward to as school begins...like, Christmas is only 4 months away! Ashlyn has already been working on her Christmas list and singing Christmas carols! I haven't been able to think past the first day of school though.
