We had a barbecue at Mimi and Poppy’s house today. When we arrived there was a big water slide in their backyard. Tied to the slide was three balloons. John was so excited! He saw this slide in the newspaper and desperately wanted it.

We said our hellos and went inside to change into our bathing suits. John got dressed first and ran out of the room. Apparently he made a snarky comment when I called him back into the room to put suntan lotion on. After the kids were ready to go onto the slide. John quickly jumped in and climbed up the ladder. Gillian was a little hesitant. She was only happy once I joined them in the water. John loved going down the slide. Poppy kept trying to get him to go down the slide on his belly. John responded every time “Never!”

We played with the water slide until Uncle T, Aunt Missy and Chucky arrived. After John showed everyone the slide we went next door to go swimming in the Pittenger’s pool. We did not have swimmies or tubes for the kids. John did awesome. He used some pool noodles to balance occasionally and he also kept his head above the water. He is tall enough now to keep his head above water by standing on his tippy toes. I’m very proud of my little guy. He really tried to use his new swimming skills. Gillian is such a water baby. She loved being in the pool. She wasn’t afraid of anything. She actually jumped off the steps without looking.

Here are some pictures of their adventure today: