# Chateau de la Tobler

## Tuesday, July 31, 2007

### Summertime, and the living is easy...

...Or not.
Yesterday I took the kids to the pool. The last three times I've been to the pool have been a blast--one of the times it was only about 85 degrees out, and the other two times it was overcast and a storm coming on. So the pool was pretty empty both of those times, and it was lovely. And all three times I went with friends, so there was someone to chat with while keeping eyes on the kiddos. But yesterday nobody was available to come with us, we went at 1:45pm, and it was 99 degrees out. And all of a sudden I remembered why I don't like summer, swimming pools, or the sun. But the kids had a ball, at least.
Ezra is getting really comfortable in the water. He was floating on his stomach in two feet of water yesterday, pretending to swim like the big kids (he had arm floaties on). Mercy loves to paddle around with an inflatable ring around her stomach, and to jump into my arms from the side. And the Gid-kid loves the water, as long as Mommy hold him. He'll splash till the cows come home if you let him.
And it will come to no surprise to any of you that Ezra and Mercy slept for almost four hours after we got home. Too bad Gideon didn't want to sleep as long, Mommy would have had such a nap AND gotten stuff done!

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