Claire's First Swim

Two weeks ago... yep, I am finally catching up... it was 88 degrees outside. Ari and I agreed that after work (oh how I love working on the weekend) we would blow up the inflatable pool we bought Claire and try out her swimsuit that Grammy bought her. My first mistake was trying to blow up the pool with my own lungs at first; that was going nowhere fast. Then because I am cheap, I went out and bought a little manual pump. Sure it works on both strokes but I was beat after pumping up her whale shaped pool! I hadn't even filled it with water yet. Because I didn't want her to get cold I was bringing a gallon bucket to and from the house filled with bathtub warm water. Ari had to finish the job because I haven't gotten that much exercise since before I was pregnant. Finally the toys were in the pool and Claire was decked out in her swimming suit. She LOVED the water. We were splish splashing and having a good ole time UNTIL we wound up a wind up dolphin and shark. She starting SCREAMING when she saw them swimming at her. What a bust! The pool adventure was pretty much done after that. We did video the whole experience so as soon as I have two seconds to myself, I will try to figure out how to upload it.