Sitting Poolside

This afternoon I broke out our pool and the kids got to play in the water a bit. It wasn't as warm as I thought it would be for 85, but the kids still wanted to get in and play. I had set it up earlier in the day during their nap so the water could get warmed up from the sun, but it was cloudy most of the day so the water was pretty chilly. However, when we went out to play this afternoon after dinner, the kids couldn't keep away from the pool and started to climb in with all their clothes on. So, I brought them both in, got all their stuff and headed back outside to play in the pool. A note to all...be sure to get EVERYTHING you think you'll need...including clothes and diapers to change into after the pool fun. I forgot things and kept having to get the kids out drag them soppy wet in the house and then bring them back out. They had a blast though. The pool was just deep enough that they could sit and have fun splashing around. They could also crawl around and not drink up too much water. Abby looks to be our "fish" in the family. She wouldn't get out and kept crawling around in the water having fun. Jake would crawl out, go play in the ball pit and then crawl back in the pool. We only stayed out about 45 minutes then I noticed they were getting chilly so I wrapped them up in their towels and headed back in to dry them off and get them changed. They really weren't happy about that. They were having so much fun. They pitched a fit for at least 20 minutes...until I put a movie on for them. Now they're watching a video in their chairs (a nightly ritual...we have movie time from 6:30 - 7, then get in our PJs and have our last bottle before heading off to bed at 7:30). I can't wait for it to warm up more so we can have fun in the pool more often!!!