It's not actually swimming, but it's close

We kicked the summer off today by heading to one of the city pools.  Okay, it's not actually a pool you do laps in or anything, but it does have water, entertainment for my kids, good people-watching for Clay and me, shaded places to eat the lunch I threw together in less than 5 minutes this morning, and clean bathrooms so what more can you want?!?  We decided to get city pool passes this year - those combined with our zoo passes will hopefully by my sanity this summer while my husband is traveling all over the world this summer.  He says it's for business, but there's been a little too much talk of Stonehenge and the Sydney Opera House so I'm getting a bit skeptical.  I digress.  The kids had a blast this morning and we really enjoyed ourselves.  Here's to a lot of sunscreen applications this summer, many a soggy sandwich, lots of "Mommy - what kind of bug is that in the pool?", and tons of other great pool memories in the next 3 months.

The pool
 

I have been dying for Rachel to wear this suit since Tracy gave it to us in the fall - thanks, T!


And you have to love the shades that cousin Mak sent!


Ethan loved spraying the people below with the hoses


Both of the kids had fun with the sprayers around the pool



Taking a snack break


As you can tell, Rachel is feeling much better.  Thank you to everyone who said prayers for her this week.  She finally kicked her fever Thursday morning, and got her appetite back today.  She lost 2 pounds in the past 2 weeks, so we're thankful she's getting back to normal.  Thursday afternoon Nana pampered Rachel by giving her first mini pedicure.  She is SO proud of her painted toenails and gets very upset when she has to put shoes on.  What a girl.