Today was NJ's first experience at a public pool. He had a blast! We went to the Marty pool which has a "kiddie pool" for 7 yr. old's and under. It was really neat. NJ liked the fish slide. I was surprised that the slide didn't land you into any water. There was some poles in the middle that had water that shot out of it. What did surprise me was how brave NJ was. He wanted to go into the deeper water.
Some other MOPS moms and kids showed up and we ate our sack lunch at the picnic tables. After lunch, the big pool opened. I decided to go check it out for a little bit. I loved the fact that the pool sloped off from the sidewalk area. It was real easy to walk around in the shallow area. There wasn't a defined ledge. The 3 ft. and under was roped off. NJ loved the big pool! He kept laughing at the other kids swimming under the water. Some had goggles on and swim gear. He really wanted to go in the deeper water but I kept him back where it wasn't over his head. The pool was such a hit with NJ that we are definitely going back. I might consider getting a pool pass. Other moms loved watching how excited NJ was!
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4 comments:
Great for NJ! I hope he loves the pool.
Neither of my kids had a great reaction their first time in a pool. We have very few pools here in Portland because the temp is not often above 80 degrees in the summer. We have been in the 70's the last 2 weeks, not great swimming weather.
I am looking forward to seeing him run around at the pool sometime.
Majority of our pools around here are indoor. However, there are a lot of splash pools that are in nearly every public park that the kids can use all summer. It will be nice when our kids can actually learn to swim in a pool.
That's great! It's awesome when the kids love the water. Mine didn't like it until they got a lot older then what NJ is.
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