Not that I'm biased, but...

... aren't these kids adorable??!

Conflict and Cooperation: The Case of the Pool Noodle

Ethan's favorite thing to do with the pool noodle
is to blow a geyser of water through the center tube.
Sophie asked him to show her how,
and she learned pretty quickly.
She also loves it when he aims his noodle geyser at her.
Alas, the pool noodle is not always a cooperative toy.
At first, I only had one, and they would argue over it.
Emily thoughtfully went and bought a green noodle
so that we would have two.
But now they argue over who gets the orange one.
Sigh.

Big Brother

Last year Sophie was really too little to do more than splash,
and Ethan was doing his best to ignore her as much as possible.
But this year they play together pretty nicely.
And he can be a very good big brother.
I loved the piggyback pictures.

Summer Swimming

I really enjoy our condo pool in the summer.
The best part is taking the kids swimming.
They can stay for hours,
and I have to take care not to get sunburned
(which happens annually anyway.)
After the Last Big Sunburn,
I have only been taking them to swim in the evenings,
when the pool is mostly in shadow.
But last time I took my camera, too!
I took about a hundred pictures.
Here are a few.