Temperature says 93 Down at the Deposit and Guarantee.
But the swimming hole, its nice and cold
(STARTED WRITING THIS TWO WEEKS AGO! FORGIVE ME.)
It has been a crazy couple of weeks. Didn't realize how much Andy really did around here until he was gone!! It was nice for Cali to invite us to go to the pool with her family and Texas'. I was wondering how I was going to do that with Levi who is an infant and obviously can't swim. Plus Maddy who could stand in the shallow tends to get brave and I really didn't want a drowning toddler on my hands. I pretty much knew I was getting in. EEK! I have multiple bathing suits. 3 bikinis, 1 bikini I got big for when I was pregnant, and an old lady one piece that is basically a dress. The 3 bikinis are from my "pre baby" days. ( Was there ever pre baby days?? I can't remember! Seems so long ago!) So those weren't fitting. I wasn't going to wear the old lady bathing suit because its black and its ridiculously hot here. Maternity bathing suit it was!!! It had a long tank top and a bikini cut bottom. I do not like bikini cut bottoms. But the top covered enough for me to be comfortably awkward. What is so lovely about the base we are on, it has individual neighborhood centers. Each neighborhood has a center and within that center is a gym, conference rooms, maintanence, play rooms, and outside swimming pools. This was our first time. Felt bad because I knew Andy would be bummed he wasn't there to take Maddy to the pool for the first time. Its a nice pool. Big. I describe it as a walk in pool. When you walk into the pool it starts of shallow and gets deep. At the beginning it has little gysers that shoot water and an umbrella which water cascades from the top. Cali sat with the babies and I put Maddy in her life jacket. I wasn't going to take her into the deep end. Its just that she can't see to begin with and she gets a little too brave.
It has been a crazy couple of weeks. Didn't realize how much Andy really did around here until he was gone!! It was nice for Cali to invite us to go to the pool with her family and Texas'. I was wondering how I was going to do that with Levi who is an infant and obviously can't swim. Plus Maddy who could stand in the shallow tends to get brave and I really didn't want a drowning toddler on my hands. I pretty much knew I was getting in. EEK! I have multiple bathing suits. 3 bikinis, 1 bikini I got big for when I was pregnant, and an old lady one piece that is basically a dress. The 3 bikinis are from my "pre baby" days. ( Was there ever pre baby days?? I can't remember! Seems so long ago!) So those weren't fitting. I wasn't going to wear the old lady bathing suit because its black and its ridiculously hot here. Maternity bathing suit it was!!! It had a long tank top and a bikini cut bottom. I do not like bikini cut bottoms. But the top covered enough for me to be comfortably awkward. What is so lovely about the base we are on, it has individual neighborhood centers. Each neighborhood has a center and within that center is a gym, conference rooms, maintanence, play rooms, and outside swimming pools. This was our first time. Felt bad because I knew Andy would be bummed he wasn't there to take Maddy to the pool for the first time. Its a nice pool. Big. I describe it as a walk in pool. When you walk into the pool it starts of shallow and gets deep. At the beginning it has little gysers that shoot water and an umbrella which water cascades from the top. Cali sat with the babies and I put Maddy in her life jacket. I wasn't going to take her into the deep end. Its just that she can't see to begin with and she gets a little too brave.
She was fearful at first. The sound of the water crashing from the geysers and umbrella really frightened her. She stayed knee deep. The other kids dove right in. It was so hot and it was so refreshing. I had Levi dressed in his swim trunks, swim shirt, and one of those "Gilligan" hats. The lifeguard started yelling at me, "you can't put him in the pool in a diaper!" Really? Because I didn't he has a little swimmers on Relax yourself lady. All and all it was a great day. Levi loved splashing in the water and Maddy loved playing with the kids. I enjoyed watching her explore the water and be daring. I felt so blessed we were able to go to the pool and enjoy it. A very nice perk of the military! Andy finally got to go to the pool on his last day of leave. We took the girls and boy were they little divas.
