Summertime

Summertime around here is fun-filled, a little bit lazy, and very hot.  We started out this summer very excited and eager to visit the splash parks and pools Ethan enjoyed so much last year.  However, the heat eventually caught up with us, and the past few weeks, we haven't been out as much as Ethan would like.  I'm sure we still have several weeks of heat left, so I'll have to get us back out there again soon.

Since I've slacked about posting all the fun things we've been up to, I thought I'd share a few pictures to sum it all up.

First up, we have splash pads.  There are several around town, and I think we've visited about three so far this summer.  I found one that is my favorite so far because it's close, shady, and never crowded.  Ethan loves to run around filling up buckets of water.

Having fun at our first splash pad adventure of the season.

 We've also been visiting my mom's pool often.  Sometimes we'll head over on a weeknight just to get out of the house.  Ethan has a new love of fearlessly jumping in the pool.  Also, his swim jacket makes him very independent in the pool so we can be close to him, but not have him hang all over us constantly.  We also visit one of the city pools nearby every once in a while, and it's always a nice way to stay cool.

Lounging at Nana's

 Lastly, there's the backyard.  I decided at the beginning of the summer that we needed some sort of pool back there and that it had to be big enough to fit me too (why should he be the only one who gets to have fun?).  So we found a nice one with a cover and it has been a staple in our backyard fun all season.  It's the perfect depth for E to sit, splash, and play in, and it's been quite lovely for me as well.

Swimming in the backyard

Handsome man

Splashing fun

Also in the backyard, a water table, which Ethan makes use of in ways it's not quite intended for, but oh well.

All this has made me want to take him out to all these fun things again before summer's over.  I'm going to have to get on that.