We have had a relatively mild summer so far, but this week we got some heat! It is only in the 90s, but before our Arizona friends and family laugh out loud at those low numbers just remember the humidity..... oh the humidity! It has actually been ok for us though because we spend most of our time here....
or here....
Yep, we love us some water park. Luckily, we have a really great one in our park district and can get there most afternoons. It is a lot of fun. Gavin slaps on his swim goggles and swims underwater grabbing people by the legs. Abe compulsively slides down the baby slide that he spent 2 weeks mustering up the courage to try. Ella on the other hand is a bit of a wild card. We have discovered 3 things about Ella since joining the pool....
1. She is absolutely fearless in the water. She will walk right in to the 5 ft deep water if you let her and when she nearly drowns before you grab her out of the depths, she comes up smiling and giggling about it. Her latest thing is standing at the edge of the pool, putting her arms above her head and walking right in without a care. I've never seen anything like her. I don't think the lifeguards have either because she puts quite a look of fear on their faces.
2. She has little to no stranger anxiety. Occasionally, she will meet someone who freaks her out, but most of the time she loves new people. She doesn't want to play with me or her brothers at the pool. She wants to play with every other random man, woman and child. She has a little sand bucket that she walks around with and she loves to see how many people she can get to fill it for her. It is funny, but also a little scary!
3. She is fiercely independent. Abe, who is 4, wants me to hold his hand or watch him the entire time we are there. Ella doesn't want anything to do with me. Her favorite game is "escape from Mommy". She won't let me hold her hand or even sit next to her. Keeping up with her is a good workout though!
