You can add "Pool Rat" to Elliott's long list of titles...this girl is a water loving, floatie wearing, true to definition pool rat. The summer will officially begin in a couple of days and already Elliott is absorbing every minute!
The minute I walk in the door or she wakes up from a nap or finishes her lunch, she'll ask "Pool, please, Momma." We find her putting on a swim diaper over her clothes, trying to put on her own bathing suit, or wearing floaties on each arm. I'm not going to lie; it has been a bargaining tool a time or two. (I know it's horrible, but seriously, a mom's gotta do, what a mom's gotta do, right?) One day, Elliott was hanging out with Gigi and she kept begging to go to the pool. Gigi explained, "Gigi doesn't go to the pool, but when Mommy gets home, you can go." Well, not ten seconds after I entered the house, Elliott's up and ready expecting me to swoop her up and be pool bound.
She counts one, two, three and jumps off the side. She's newly discovered that floaties actually help her float. She chases Flippy and screams at the boats cruising by. She lets every bug in the water know to "Shoo!" She has even yelled "Kid! Kid!" at some little guys on a jet ski.
Just tonight, her face lit up when Eddie pulled out her swim gear. I adore her obsessions. Her passion for the things she loves is contagious. This summer is going to be one of the best yet.
Aww! Miss Elliott is too cute! We'll have to all get together and take the kids swimming... Izzy loves the water, too! They'd have so much fun together!
ReplyDeleteShe is such a good little swimmer!! Cute pictures!
ReplyDeleteyou forgot about ring around the rosie with chelsea.
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