Pool Time!!

I wish I had taken some pics yesterday because what started out as a boring day turned into a really fun day at the pool!! I kept complaining to Dave yesterday that our life is so boring....heehee....so he kept suggesting things to do and I kept shutting him down. Finally he suggested the beach or pool...and though I felt kind of lazy and too fat to get into a bathing suit, the idea to ask Deena if we could kidnap her kids popped into my mind. For some reason, going to the pool with just Dave and I didn't feel exciting, but asking the kids over made it seem a lot more fun. Luckily, they were available and could come over, so within 45 minutes we were at the pool with the two kids.

We had run out to get some noodles because I figured it would be something to play with and something for me to hold onto since I'm such a lazy bum. In the end, that $3 was worth a whole lot more because Kahia and Kawai both LOVED playing with them!! I gotta say, for a 4 and 6 year old, those two are FEARLESS in the water. Kawai cracks us up because her dog paddling/swimming looks like it takes so much energy, and every few seconds her head goes underwater so if you didn't know any better, you'd think she was drowning, but actually she's "swimming." And Kahia went to town with jumping in the pool, making the loudest WHOOPING sound possible...we thought our resident manager, who was at the pool, might mind, but instead he turned on the COLD water so that it would shoot out of one of the pukas on the side of the pool, which the kids loved.

My brother had also come home and brought JayJay to the pool...that guy is fearless too cuz at 5 months old he didn't cry at all, even with my brother dunking his head in the water. The cutest part was that every so often, Kahia would come over to JayJay and gently pat him on the head or back and say, "Hi Baby" so calmly and lovingly. Even when we were inside, both kids did their own thing, but every so often would direct their attention to the baby and give him lovies. Kahia even asked to hold JayJay and held him for a pretty long time, until JayJay barfed, which he thought was pretty gross.

I must say, though, Dave is the "fun guy" as he played games with Kahia and Kawai and made sure they were having fun in the water. Since I can only reach in the super shallow end, I'm not much help in that department. Even when he had to dive down into the deep to get the pennies FOUR times, he didn't complain. And when Kawai was tired of "racing" with Kahia and said she wouldn't do it anymore, Dave figured out a way for Kahia to be able to race and Kawai would be the race starter by yelling out GO! Dave used the noodles as dolphin play toys, having the kids swim over and under. He quietly reminded Kahia when he got a little loud or overly excited, which actually didn't happen too often. He also was super calm and reassuring when Kawai swallowed a little bit too much water and started panicking. The funniest part, though, and I had to tell Dave this later on, was that for some reason, whenever Kawai was trying to tell him something, Kahia would start talking to him and he would automatically divert his attention to Kahia and then Kawai would have to get louder to try to finish her story. Even while we were there I had to remind him to pay attention...I assumed his attention would focus on the girl, but actually a lot of his attention went to Kahia and I spent more time with Kawai. Another funny part was when Kawai was near the stairs and for some reason she yelled HELP so Dave grabbed her and put her on the stairs. She turned around and fully stuck out both arms in a STOP sign, and told him, "Don't touch me!!!" So Dave says, "Well, you yelled HELP so I helped you." She replies, "I was right here by the stairs." Dave, at that point, tells her, "Then don't yell help." Thankfully, that was the end of his little power struggle.

I'm so glad that what started out as the most boring day ever turned into a really fun day where Dave and I both got to play in our own way and use our energy instead of lying around in pure boredom all day. Thanks, Deena, for letting us kidnap your kids!!! Let us know the next time they can come over to play!