Memorial Day Swim and BBQ
We were lucky to be able to spend part of memorial day at my Aunt Dee’s house today. My cousin Brent was there with his wife (Natalie) and sons (Jackson and Sam). My cousin Brittany was also there as well as my uncle Toby and his wife (Marianne). I really like this picture of my uncle Toby and Brent’s son, Sam. 
The highlight of the day for my kids was probably the swimming. For logistical reasons (I don’t know how I could safely take all 4 of my kids swimming by myself) the kids don’t get to go swimming often. They had a lot of fun.
Isaac really enjoyed the pool. At first he was afraid and worried that his face would get wet. At one point he says he went too deep, but was able to swim to safety. I didn’t actually see him do this, but when I asked him to swim on his own again, he said he can only do it in an emergency and then remarked how great it was that he could swim in an emergency. He did quite well swimming and adventuring farther with Jackson’s life vest on. The vest is pictured below on some of his sisters—it’s this kind. 
Charlotte was probably the most scared. She didn’t want to get her face wet, but really enjoyed floating around using Jackson’s life jacket. She also had fun swimming and playing in the pool with Brittany and Natalie.
Nicole loved the water and was my most fearless child. As I was putting sun block on all the kids she either jumped or fell in. I hard a splash and reached down to retrieve her from the water. She was a little surprised, but otherwise fine. She even allowed me to dunk her a few times.
Ila tolerated the pool ok, she didn’t seem particularly happy or sad while in the pool, except for the initial shock of the cold water on her feet which she got over in only about a second. She spent most of her time in the pool in my arms, but did try the floatation device that Nicole is pictured in below and seemed to like it ok.
When Zach came, I turned Ila over to him and she was content to sit in his lap and fall asleep while we swam
Check out more pictures of the kids in the pool here.
Also, here is a picture of Ila’s foot next to Sam’s foot. Can you guess whose foot belongs to who? 
Find the answer here.