water babies

we found out about this very cool new pool in cedar park, veterans memorial pool. today we decided to go after we got out of church and we LOVED it! it was very kid friendly with tons of shallow areas for the kids to play in without worrying about the deep areas. also, very cheap to get in! FYI ~ you can also bring in your own food and drinks! awesome.

it took maggie about 10 min to get "warmed" up to the cool water. she was afraid that when the 3 1/2 foot bucket on the top of the kids "play area" dumped out its contents ( large amounts of water falling down like a waterfall ) that it would get on her and get in her eyes. she is my one that tends to be fearful of water, well, really anything out of the ordinary. i have to sit and explain everything out in detail to her to get her to try but once she does try she loves whatever it was that she was so scared of in the first place. then it is so cute to hear her say how brave she was and how she is so "proud" of herself that she isn't afraid anymore!




now billy, that's another story. that little stinker! he has no fear! i don't know why that surprises me. he went right in and started going and going and going. he walked straight to the 2ft 6in area, which is right at his chin, and started jumping and playing and putting his head in the water and getting back up and just laughing. never once was did he get scared or cry when he went under and this was his first time at a pool! i think his dad was a wreck but billy, no, not billy! i think we might need to get some floaties or one of those life jacket swim thingies. that might make joe feel a little better at least.

anyway, i just wanted to share some good ole summer, 100 degree, pool splashing fun with y'all and hope y'all had as much fun reading as we did swimming!