I has been an incredibly rainy summer here in Charlotte. I think that it has rained 25 of the last 30 days. I feel like we have been inside all summer long. The only good thing about the rain is that it has kept the temperature down. We haven’t had too many of the typical 90 + degree days like we usually have in June through September. I guess if we weren’t complaining about the rain we would be complaining about the temperature. I think I would rather have rain than oppressive heat.
After a month of rain, it was finally a beautiful day yesterday. We were pool bound! We arrived at the pool around 10:00am to find it filling up fast full of people. Everyone had the same idea. Sidney met us there with Jesse and Robin not long after. In order to make my day a little easier I put Miller in child watch for the first hour and a half. It is usually difficult to keep up with the older two while chasing Miller around. Having him in child watch gave me a chance to play with Wilson and Faith in the deep pool. I need all of my arms to play with both of them. Wilson had just passed the swim test a few days before which meant that he could swim in the shallow end without an adult. He isn’t confident enough to stay there without me, but he could do it if he wanted to. He actually likes to swim in this little nook near the kiddie pool that has two ladders and two sides for him to jump and swim over and back.
Here is his picture after passing the yellow necklace swim test….
We ended up staying at the pool for four hours. A record! They have a ten minute adult swim every hour. This means that we all get out, go have a snack, and rest up for the next fifty minutes. It is really nice to have a forced break every hour. The kids had a great time, as usual. It was very refreshing to finally be outside and get some fresh air. We are supposed to have a few sunny days before the rain starts up again.