It's Pool Time!

For me, Memorial Day weekend is not so much about picnics and grilling. It's usually about family time at the pool. We started out trying to go to the pool at our gym, because they have some big water slides. There was some mix-up/miscommunication on their part and there weren't any lifeguards meaning they wouldn't let the kids in the water, so we left and went to our neighborhood pool. Here, DD was posing for a picture for me while in the baby pool, but the rest of the time she was in the "big" pool.

I bought these new water toys for the kids about a month and a half ago. The big boys spent most of their time trying to shoot each other with it and DH spent most of his time telling them to not shoot near other people. Here, DS#2 tries to shoot it towards me but not at the camera. Of course those toys aren't exactly calibrated so yes, he did get a drop or two on the the camera. *SIGH* I guess I shouldn't have been trying to take a picture of him.

DS#1 was busy trying to call his friend so he could come spend the night, so he wasn't really into playing at the pool (except for shooting at his little brother earlier), so he played with DS#3 instead. Here they're playing peek-a-boo around the light pole. DS#3 didn't get in the water AT ALL, and he screamed every time one of his siblings splashed the cold water on him or shot him with the water toy. He preferred to hang on the rail that you use in getting into the pool as if it were monkey bars. He also liked shaking the fence and he played in the nearby playscape for a bit.

I just wanted to throw in this picture from yesterday. We went to our favorite ice cream shop after dinner at DH's favorite restaurant. As each person got ice cream, DS#3 would see them, smile, and then run to where they were sitting. First it was DD with her Azteca ice cream (chocolate and cinnamon), then it was DS#1 and his New York Cheesecake ice cream, but when DS#3 saw that DS#2 had a shake, DS#3 was practically climbing on top of DS#2 in order to get some of his shake. DS#2 is good about sharing, but DS#3 tends to keep the straw in his mouth and get mad when DS#2 tries to get some of his own ice cream!

Oh by the way, DS#3 has been sleeping in his big boy bed for the past couple of nights without much trouble. He still gets up as early as 5AM and wanders crying into our room, though. DH actually put him back in his crib early Saturday morning just because he wasn't really awake yet, and he slept for another couple of hours. In any case, it's still so far so good.