Pool days

Thanks David, Jen, Liv, Jack, Stephen, Katie and Blake for inviting us to the Qtown pool!!! Ewan is really beginning to develop a love of pools and water as we take him to pools all over town!! He's also been to a little baby pool in our town a couple times and today he just had a blast!! The Qtown pool was a big hit- check out Katie's blog to see how much fun they had the first time there! We're hoping to hit the Qtown pool tonight if the rain holds off- the baby pool is just awesome there and I so love watching my little guy turn his cautious little steps into brave fun loving jumps!!!

At the Qtown pool

At the baby pool in our town (I'm thinking of you, Tara!!)

Pool Time!

Ewan got to play with his cousin, Blake over the weekend in his baby pool at Grampy's- so much fun! Katie was nice enough to spend the day with us at Grampy's as Denny needed to work on our house and create lots of noise in the process, thereby banning Ewan and myself!!! Ewan loves his cousin, however, poor little Blake kept getting caught in the crossfire, as Ewan has learned how to throw and we are working on throwing manners! Thankfully, Blake and his mom just took it in stride, as I was slightly embarrassed as my son was throwing toys everywhere despite my attempts to curb the behavior!

The boys:
Sweet Blake- such a relaxed little guy!I love this picture!Blake was cracking us up! He kept trying to lay down in the baby pool- it was hysterical!Having fun!

Baby pool Part II

Yay!!! Ewan likes this baby pool! It was lots of fun just hanging out in the back yard while Ewan played for quite some time in his new pool. . .and I am LOVING the built in shade part of the pool as it really does a GREAT job of protecting his sweet baby skin from the sun! I'm thinking I am going to trek this pool over to Grampy's sometime as Ewan seems to have much more fun when he can move around, rather than being held in Grampy's big pool!

"Li'l Squirt". . .not quite what we expected

I was oh so excited about the "Li'l Squirt baby pool" we purchased for Ewan. Unfortunately, I didn't really think things through prior to buying it. For example, almost 1 year olds really don't like freezing cold water from the hose even on 95+ degree days- apparently, the "baby pool" we got requires constant infusion from the hose- not a good thing. Also, the freezing cold water that squirts up out of the baby pool- tends to really freak the poor little guy out! At first, Ewan seemed to enjoy it, (we had let the water sit in the sun and warm for a few hours, even though it steadily leaked), but once mama got the "great" idea to add more water- fun in the sun quickly turned into not so much fun in the sun. So, apparently, a lesson learned. Hopefully, we will get some use out of this pool in a few years. Meanwhile, we made a special trip to Wal-Mart to get a more age appropriate classic baby pool- we have yet to try it out-hopefully it will be a hit!!!

Initially, Ewan kind of liked it (water still quite warm at this time!)

Sorry, big guy!!!!!!!!!!! (mama just turned on hose- big mistake!)