Lazy Boy

You know a lazy boy sofa can be too much of a good thing. There are days I find myself just sitting there for like 5 minutes and I start to drift off to sleep. I'm not the only one the same thing happens to Ken. And of course once you feel sleepy you always grab a pillow and stretch out on the thing. I think the only time this doesn't happen is when Alex is jumping and climbing on it.

Well we finally managed to get Alex back in the pool. I'm not sure what happened but right we'd been taking swim classes starting around when he turned 7-8 months. Just before his second birthday he decided he didn't like the pool any more. Now he still took a bath no problem and he loves to play with water in the sink. No pools. So I stopped the classes figuring we'd be back to take them sometime later in the spring summer. Didn't happen. He wouldn't even go into the inflatable pool he loved so much last summer. It's weird how these fears just suddenly appear for no real reason once a child get close to two. It surprised me how suddenly aware he became of the world around him and some of the dangers it holds. It almost seemed like it happened over night.

Yesterday we were at a birthday party that was held at the Bel Air Athletic club. They let members have parties out by the pool in the summer. We basically had the kiddy pool to ourselves. It was unbelievably hot yesterday. I'm sure the heat index was over 100 even if the actualy temps didn't quite make it. All the kids were in the pool except Alex. Who was standing either by the table or the lounge chairs dripping sweat. He would barely go within a foot of the pool.

One of the other kids was pouring water out on the concrete. So puddles started to accumulate. Alex loves to splash in puddles. I got him to take his socks and shoes off and at least splash in the puddles. The water in the kiddy pool was like bath water in temperature. It's only a foot deep so with the sun beating down it had been heating up all day. The party was late afternoon. Ken decided to take a swim in the regular pool to cool off. He came back all wet which got Alex curious. There were three older girls in the pool for a bit, by older I mean 6or7. Ken pointed them out to Alex knowing how he likes to flirt with older women. This got him a bit closer to the water. So we're sitting on the edge of the pool with our feet in it, and Alex spotted a toy with in reach. He picked it up played with it a little then threw it back in. We wouldn't get it but if he sat on the edge and got his feet wet he could reach it. So he did, he did this a couple more times before throwing it out further. In order to get it he had to actually step down in the pool this time, and he did. After that I was able to get him out of his clothes and into a swim diaper. He spent the next half hour playing and splashing in the pool.