Pool Party

Hoping to save me from suiting up and trekking up the huge hill in the heat to our neighborhood pool every time we wanted to go for a swim, Addison and I decided to install our own pool in the backyard. An inflatable shark kiddie pool that sprays water of course!

Here's Inspector Addison's installation process from beginning to end:

1. Cheering Mommy on in the inflating process while checking for holes.
(Thank heavens for battery powered air pumps :-)

2. Verification of pool integrity.

3. Checking the depth and temperature of water.

4. And finally, kicking back and soaking up some sun!

This little kiddie pool was money well spent. Addison loves the independence and I love the ease of use. We've already used it multiple times within the last week.

Then of course, today we decided to break up the monotony a bit and head over to the famous "Splash Park" in Rogers with Addison's cousins, Karah, Brad, and Bryce. She LOVED it!

She spent most of her time trying to open her mouth and drink the shooting streams of water. I spent most of my time trying to keep her on her feet while trying to stay dry myself. The latter didn't last long. Between trying to dodge a 5 year old manning the water missile, and avoiding random sprays of streaming water right at my rear, I gave in and joined in the festivities fully soaked in my clothes. It was a great time and we had a lot of fun. Especially the part where we came home and took a long nap from all of our exhaustion! We'll definitely be visiting that park again soon!

Celebrating at Splash Park.
(One of the few pics I could get in my water-logged state)