our cool little pool

at the recommendation of a friend of a friend, we bought ethan this great baby pool from walmart. it's pretty big, and it has a cute little slide built in. after 2 trips to pick it up (duh, it wouldn't fit in our van!), we finally made it home with the pool one night. my mom took ethan outside while she was watching the kids the next day... she said ethan stopped, looked at the empty pool in the backyard and said, "hmmm.....pool....right." such the contemplater!! mom said he then stopped from playing several times and just kept going back to the pool to stare in it! he was probably wondering where all the water was! since then, we've played in the pool several times, but he has YET to brave the daunting slide. he will roll his balls down it, but it might be next year before he goes down it himself. maybe when he's 12. he's doing well to just sit in the pool at this point!!! but as you can see, he loves playing basketball in it. oh well. at least he's staying cool while he's shooting hoops. ha.


caroline has yet to play in the pool (usually we go out during her nap since i only have so many hands!).... but she LOVES the swing! this picture makes me smile so big, even though it's actually a blurry one. caroline seems to enjoy any little adventure, so maybe she'll be down that slide before ethan! :)