Pool Time

Since summer is coming and it usually gets hot here in the desert I wanted to get Katie a little bit bigger pool than she had last year. On a recent trip to the store I picked up what I hoped would be a good sized pool and two tarps. This last Sunday Uncle came over to help set it up. 

First he staked a tarp to the ground. If I had grass this would not have been needed but the grass did not come back this year, I think last years lack of water while it was on the market did it in. Next year will be better. After the tarp was down we pumped the pool up with a hand pump, (note to self- we need an electric pump in the future), then came the water. It took some time for the water to fill.

When Katie woke from her nap she was more than willing to put on her swimming suit and be slathered with sunscreen, well maybe not on the sunscreen part. Then she wanted someone to go into the pool with her and Mommy volunteered, Olive jumped on the side and considered it.

Soon Katie was having fun walking around and splashing.

For awhile she sat on the side and bounced, she was also somehow able to lay on the side and take "naps".

Katie did not want her baby to miss out and soon she was in the pool too. Baby could of course could jump in the pool and did repeatedly.

She even jumped off the side.

I think the pool will be where Katie is found this summer. The next morning one of the first things Katie did was run to look out the door to see if her pool was still there, it was. 

As for the second tarp, it is the pool cover. My brother added more stakes and the tarp is tied down to keep bugs and anything else blowing around out of the pool.