The Pool....

At the end of April, Hubbie and I started debating on what to do with ourselves this summer. We didn't except to be able to afford a beach trip- for any length of time- so I knew we needed PLANS! We went ahead and signed the boys up for summer school. That would give Bubbie two mornings a week to have fun with other kids and play. It would also give Peanut one day to get accustomed to his surroundings, learn the teachers and give me a break once a week. I do not regret the summer school for a second! Its been absolutely fabulous. All the kids do is play. Bubbie has made friends and Peanut does fabulous. I picked him up last week and he was rolling on the floor, laughing and being tickled. I love it! In addition to the summer school, I had 3 other days to fill up. I figured we needed some type of water fun especially since I was going to be MUCHO PREGGO! We talked about buying a water slide. We debated the cost and the space to use it and the upkeep. Then we talked about a larger pool to put in the backyard... one of those above ground pools. We couldn't decide. Then we also debated joining a pool. The pool in my parent's neighborhood is RIDICULOUS, so I had priced a few others and they were also INCREDIBLY high. A few weeks later a gal from church said that our church had a discount at the local Y. I was hooked! I couldn't believe the "luck". Turns out a guy that goes to our church is also the CEO of our local Y. Hot-diggity-dog! So not only would the joiner's fee be waived (which is the insane rate of $100) but also we'd get a Metro discount for about $6 less a month! I thought, this is it! Join the Y and we could swim every day!

The Y is incredibly close to our house. Maybe 7 mins- depending on traffic. Then it rolled into May and then June and then.... we'd get busy and I wouldn't ever make it down there. I asked Hubbie if it was really a good idea... and he was very willing to pay the price, because his gym memership- free through work- is all the way downtown, so if we joined a gym THAT close to our house, days that he wanted to work out, he could just run down to the Y. So, I knew I had the BIG OK from the Hubs.... Anyway, I just got lazy and busy and we'd find other things to do and I just never went and signed up.

Finally, Saturday, I wrote on the calendar- GO TO THE Y. I was determined to make it over there and sign us up. It was SO hot on Saturday that just making a quick run to WalMart made me break into a sweat! I needed a pool!!!! Sunday, we went over, signed up, got our discount and I promised the boys on Monday morning we'd head over to the pool!

Today, we did just that! The pool opens at 10 and we were there a few minutes later! The boys had a blast in the splash area and the kiddie pool! Even Peanut joined in the fun and wanted to be a little more adventurous than I had ever seen him be before! It was a little stressful at times trying to keep an eye on both kids, but they were excellent. It had been 1.5 hrs before I knew it and it was the boy's lunch time. We packed up and headed home.

Bubbie was so disappointed to be leaving. Our wonderful neighbors were there and he was sad to be leaving his friend. He asked, once in the car, if we would be able to come back. I said Heck Yeah! I'm already debating about whether to go back tonight once Hubbie gets home.