Poolside

We finally got the traditional hard-plastic swimming pool this year. Every other year we were dumbed into buying a soft-plastic, blow-up type, but never again. After fighting with where to put the pool (because deflating it was too cumbersome an option), fighting with re-blowing it up each time, just to get the pool to stay up, and many other issues with these kinds of pools, including, but not limited to, having the wind blow it on the grass while we were on vacation and turning the grass brown, we have now opted for the original sturdy pool, no assembly required.

All this to say, as you'll notice, the girls thoroughly enjoyed every minute.

We kept telling Essie to sit in the water, so she took us literally and brought in a chair. :)

Finally ditched the chair. :)

So I made her sit down in the water, actually guided her in, and she finally got what we meant by sitting. She never went back to that chair after that.

Uncle Nathan was here to visit for Father's Day.

He was so sweet, giving the girls his undivided attention the entire time!