A sign that our oldest daughter is growing up....she asked to have her "own" pool party this summer. Historically, we have invited family friends (where our kids are friends but so are we, the parents) to swim, or let the girls have 1-2 friends over to swim/play for the afternoon.
But last weekend, we invited a bunch of Regan's dear friends to swim and 6 of them showed up for an afternoon of wild, crazy, pool fun!
All of them had good swimming abilities, but Ryan/myself and Kari (who was visiting for the weekend), were still constantly counting heads to ensure we had 8 kids at all times. I think every minute we counted. No lie.
There was a lot of screaming and squealing going on with that many girls in one backyard. And the weather couldn't have been better. Pushing 90 and hot/humid. Perfect doesn't even describe it! We had to be in the pool to be comfortable. Now that is my kind of weather!
Lauren has the most amazing cannonball. She even yelled "cannonball" every time she jumped off the board. Such a sweetie.
With all that swimming comes snack time too. Mr. Freeze and frozen grapes do a lot to hydrate and refresh those adorable smiles.
There were a lot of pool toys floating around...which really just complicated the whole 1...2...3... counting business. But they played with everything that was floating around; so as much as Ryan despises all those things in there at one time, even he couldn't complain. They were having too much fun!
I've said it before and I'll say it again, we are so thankful for those wonderful friends of Regan. They are sweet, kind and polite. And the fact that they had no problem including Sidney made this afternoon even more awesome!
I think we're in for many more pool parties that the girls call their own :)
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