First Swim of the Season

We are very lucky to have very generous friends who live close by and have a pool they let us use. In May we had a couple of those super hot days where all you want to do is be by water and they use a solar cover so the water was finally warm enough to be bearable. We took a family trip to their pool!

Harper is still unsure of the water when she can't touch. She clung to us and opted to ride in the baby pool float that we had brought for Paisley. Check Harper out here in the same float at 5 months old! You'll also see pics of Paisley wearing that same giraffe bathing suit soon. Courtney bought it for Harper and it was always a favorite of mine.

It turned out to be ok that Harper took over the baby float because P was not comfortable in the water unless she had was next to our bodies holding on. She really needed to feel secure but loved splasing her hands and kicking her feet.

This month Paisley added crusing to her list of skills. She's surfing around the furniture, exploring the kitchen and showing off holding on with one hand while she waves a whisk found in a kitchen drawer in the other. She is amazing.

Harper is sporting a floatation device that was given as a favor at one of Alex's birthday parties. And it definitely wasn't his last one...I'm thinking 3rd birthday but maybe Dana can tell us. I clearly am good at holding onto pool toys.

Harper is also wearing her "favorite" bathing suit that I may have to sneak in the trash one of these days. It's always her first choice which is fine but she's had it FOREVER. It can be seen here in 2010 and more shockingly here it is again in 2009 in the infamous Jackson the pool boy photo. Amazing...talk about getting your moneys worth. Although Harper has two beautiful new bathing suits for this year that she has worn...just haven't been documented yet.

In other Harper news she continues to keep us on our toes. I got sick of her eating all the crab and avacado out of my sushi so tonight I got her some California rolls of her own. She was so excited to have dinner like Momma's.

She has an incredible memory. Tonight in the car she asked me where we got her princess toothbrush. I told her I wasn't sure and she told me we got it when we were at Theo's house. She was right...we had forgotten one and I let her pick out any toothbrush she wanted. I don't know how long ago that was but it had to be 6 months I think.

She really cracks us up but she's such a good little girl. We were at the grocery store tonight and I let her take a little cart and push it herself. Our co-op has a fruit program so she gets a free piece of fruit everytime we go. Tonight it was a plum but she would not allow me to help her push while she ate. We caused a few traffic jams but she managed to do it "all by herself". Then at the check out she proceeded to take each item out of the cart and put it on the checkout belt. Then she put our shopping bag up there and took the cart back out where she got it before she came back to stand with me. The woman behind me in line was astounded. I chuckled a little because some of it is that she has to do EVERYTHING by herself...but the other part of it is that she wants to help and she is very responsible and self aware. I really trust her.

Lastly, Will and I offered her a new doll of her choice if she stops peeing in her nighttime underpants. It's a challenge for her with a reward that she'll work for. We have a Corolle doll catalog at home and this afternoon she was pouring over it with Will showing him all the options she's considering. We had to chuckle but I bet she'll do it. We're not sure how long she has to go without peeing at night but we'll decide soon.

Other than that we're just enjoying the warm weather. The octopus sprinkler is out and sadly not reffered to as the "octakaw" like it was last year. Hopefully we'll hear that version of the word again when P is 2.

Happy Summer!