07.23.2012
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| 07.23.2012 The Aquatic Center requires a "Safety Break" every 2 hours - a chance to use the bathroom (and NOT THE POOL!), get more sunscreen applied, and get a snack. The boys always enjoy the snack part! Jarrett, still a bit unsure of himself with walking, enjoyed crawling around the shallow end - and, it was even more him when Harvick and Ryder would join him! |
08.06.2012
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| 08.06.2012 Ryder (top) and Kaebrie (bottom) enjoying the "frog slide". Once Ryder got over his fear of going down the slide, it was hard to pry him away! |
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| 08.06.2012 Ryder quickly realized the water wasn't too deep at the bottom of the slide, and thought it was the most fun when he slid down on his stomach, face first! |
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| 08.06.2012 Harvick (left and right) and Jarrett (center) in the pool! |
08.13.2012
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| 08.13.2012 Exploring the pool. With Jarrett (in blue) more sure of his balance, he would switch between walking around, and laying down in the shallow water. |
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| 08.13.2012 The "Safety Break". Ryder loves walking around in his hooded towel (with his sunglasses still on!). (Ryder, Harvick, and Jarrett) |
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| 08.13.2012 A new found way of sliding - on the stomach, feet first! |
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| 08.13.2012 Ryder, sliding down the "typical" way. |
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| 08.13.2012 When big brother does something, you must try it also! (Harvick) |
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| 08.13.2012 Ryder, the view from the start of the slide! |
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| 08.13.2012 Reference a picture just a few above...when big brother (and now twin brother) tries something, you must also try! (Jarrett) |
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| 08.13.2012 While Harvick enjoyed going down the slide, Jarrett LOVED it - he would go again and again. And AGAIN! |
08.20.2012
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| 08.20.2012 Ryder, on the slide. |
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| 08.20.2012 "Safety Break" (Ryder, Harvick, and Jarrett) |
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| 08.20.2012 Harvick (in orange) and Jarrett (in blue) enjoying the water! |
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| 08.20.2012 Harvick, loving the water! |
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| Jarrett, face first down the slide! |
08.27.2012 - I called the week prior to ensure the hours wouldn't be changing (we had tried to go on a Friday, and were surprised by the pool closing a 1/2 hour early). I was told Sundays and Mondays (the days they don't offer parties) did NOT change...I guess they forgot to tell me that the change wasn't in how late they would be open, but that they would NOT be open. That night we met Jennika and her family...and after packing up a combined 6 kids, we didn't want to waste the evening - so we headed to a different Aquatic Center that was still open.
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| 08.27.2012 The Aquatic Center has these fun bouncer/jumper things - just enough for the babies! (from left to right, top to bottom: Harvick, London, Jarrett, and Leighton) |
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| 08.27.2012 Ryder and Kaebrie, lounging at the pool's edge. (Jennika captured this picture with her phone!) |
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| 08.27.2012 Running through the splash pad area of the pool. |
09.03.2012 - Labor Day - The LAST DAY of the season. We participated in Tomato Days in the morning, headed home to let the boys nap, then out to the Aquatic Center once they woke up. Doing this allowed us to be there for quite a bit longer than our typical Mondays!
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| 09.03.2012 Eating dinner at the pool. Jarrett (left) and Harvick (right(center?)) are wearing their new wrap-around sunglasses. After having their regular sunglasses slip in the pool, especially when going down the slide, I found these...hopefully they still fit next year! |
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| 09.03.2012 Harvick (top) and Jarrett (bottom) jumping in on the count of "3"! The both love jumping in the water. |
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| 09.03.2012 Me, with my 3 favorite swimmers! |
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| 09.03.2012 Ryder, with Jarrett immediately behind him, going down the slide! |
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| 09.03.2012 Harvick! |
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| 09.03.2012 Jarrett! |
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| 09.03.2012 "Safety Break"...enjoying a shared churro! (Harvick, Ryder, and Jarrett) |
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| 09.03.2012 My cute boy, happy to be at the pool! |
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| 09.03.2012 Left: Me, with Ryder Right: An attempt of a self-portrait of everyone at the pool. |
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| 09.03.2012 Tired swimmers, ready for bed. Every week that we went swimming, we bring the boys' jammies to the pool - I would shower each of them, and Patrick would get them dressed in their jammies. It made getting home, and getting the boys to bed much easier! The babies only got milk this week because we had forgotten their bottles in the cooler when we ate dinner. |
Wow! What a fun summer! I absolutely loved taking the boys to the pool each week. It is a ridiculous amount of work, but completely worth it. It was so much fun watching the boys gain confidence with being in the water each week. Ryder went from timid, not wanting to let Patrick or I out of reaching distance, to going down the "Frog Slide" over and over and over - often face first. Harvick never loved the bigger (deeper) pool, but became more adventerous each week with exploring the "splash pad" area. Jarrett defintely is our fish. He LOVES the water, and isn't afraid to get wet - whether it's going face first down the slide, or crawling/walking through the sprinklers, he is up for it!
The only picture(s) we didn't manage to capture that I wish we would have is me taking each of the boys down the "curly slide" - the one that is 3 stories tall. Ryder agreed to "just ONE TIME, MOM!", and after taking him down, I couldn't not take the babies! But...asking Patrick to take pictures with a camera, while standing in the middle of the pool, with 2 toddlers, was a bit too much!
I loved this summer tradition - I'm hoping to keep it up every year..
And, a thanks to Jody & Ann for the punch passes we were given at Christmas!
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