First days of summer

Summer is officially upon us. Last week I started getting brave and took the boys to the pool during the day while Tyler was at work. It is finally hot here so the pool feels wonderful. Ted has a floaty that he wears and he is brave enough with it on to swim over to the deep end of the pool. I discourage this since I have Tidus in my arms, but I do love his enthusiasm. Tidus has his floating island but I suspect he is reaching the age where he does not want to sit in his personal floaty anymore but he is too small to wear a life jacket. This means I get the pleasure of holding him the entire time. He does enjoy standing on the steps and splashing in the water. I enjoy giving my arms a break. And it is fun to see Ted coming out of his shell and playing with the other kids at the pool.

Yesterday we walked to Home Depot and bought supplies to make a water table. This idea came from the What's Up Moms YouTube channel. I can be counted on to try out most of their craft ideas. I already had quite a bit of pvc piping from previous projects. Ted chose the color orange to paint it and of course when daddy arrived home all calm and polite water table play went out the window. I was soaked by the end... I'm not a fan of spontaneous water fights so you can imagine how thrilled I was with this.

This post is being typed from my cell phone while baby sleeps on me. He is sleeping through the night which is absolute heaven! Unfortunately naps continue to be a battle. Today I surrendered and am just letting him nap in my arms. The alternative is to put him in his crib and have him scream at me for an hour. Ted has been left to his own devises. Thank goodness for living in an apartment. It is so much easier to handle two kids when they can't get very far from me at any given moment.