Splish--Splash!

If you are a secret blog stalker (like me) you routinely cruise over the blogs linked up to those blogs of friends and family you know--to dive into the personal life of complete strangers or extremely distant acquaintances. If you share this nosy habit with me, than per-chance you've noticed a theme in the blogs of MY friends--the oppressive and uncharacteristic heat wave that has been molesting we Bay Area residents for the last two weeks. I too felt the heat but never took the blog space to mention it--partly because my friends were doing such a good job of it but mostly because we are lucky dogs with central air conditioning. I thought it would be cruel to gloat about the dreamy 72 degrees my home maintained to my suffering (and thus, sweaty) friends. Just to try and give you an idea of the heat here--we went to the park one afternoon and I nearly passed out when a bit of blistering sand fell into my shoes burning my delicate tootsies! My kids faces were all bright read with just a few moments exposure to the heat and sun, even though I slathered them with SPF 45 before leaving the house.

During the intense heat we only wished for one thing: a swim at our favorite community pool. For one reason or another this particular pool waited until the heat broke on Monday to open their gates to desperate residence. So, even though the temperatures had dropped to a perfect 70 degrees, I had to fulfill the promise of a trip to the pool this week. Because of the moderate temperatures the pool was pretty empty. I had no problem keeping an eye on all three of the kids. Clare never ventured past water more than ankle deep and Lorien was a dream checking up with me every 10 minutes or so. Wyatt also stuck to the shallow water with his cousin, Evan. We ran into some friends from church and got to increase our numbers for the game of water tag we had going. It turned out to be one of the best trips we've made to the pool. Lovely day, lovely lunch, lovely kids.

Wyatt--splishin' and a splashin'. Also, sporting the look we all wore when the fun was over "exhausted but contentment".

Lorien, in a sustained fit of bravery, going down the pool slide without a catcher!!! (She did this over and over and over again. Great job Lorien!)

Clare--sticking to the shallow end of the pool--showing off her tricks. She can run back and forth splashing, jump like a frog, crawl like a turtle and alligator.

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Our wonderful companions for the afternoon, Evan and Angela.