Personality & The Pool

Way back when, a long time ago, the sun was shining here in Anchorage. We've only had about a week of rain but a week can seem like a long time, you know!

At the beginning of the summer we found some outdoor water toys at Kohl's - Uroma, who was visting from Florida, bought them for the kids and we were set. Next up? Waiting for the right perfect sunny day.

We found a day - it wasn't too hard, we had a beautiful July for the most part. That's when the trouble started. I pulled out the swim suits, and Jake & Bentley about had a meltdown. Put on their swimsuits? And go OUTSIDE? And do WHAT?!

They were not interested. They are not always fans of new experiences. Genevieve? She's the easy going one. She said "Sure, sign ME up!!". We threw on her swimsuit and took her out to the pool.

She climbed right in and splashed around. She was a great sport, although some of her smiles in the pictures look a BIT strained. This is Alaska, you know - it was sunny but there was a bit of a wind! :-) Once Bentley saw that Viva was heading outside he offered to hold the hose for her and work on filling up the pool. Sweet brother, yes?!



After observing Genevieve for a while Bentley did, eventually, ask to put on his suit and try out the pool. She was a brave leader and inspired him.

What about Jake? We tried, hard, to get him to enjoy himself. He screamed and screamed and let tears stream down his cheeks until we put his clothes back on (we had been trying to convince him to try the swim suit!). After he calmed himself (it was quite the trying experience) he dragged a chair over to the pool to observe the festivities. Maybe next time he'll join in? We'll see!

* Note: the hose was hooked up to the hot water from inside, so it's not like we were even trying to create an authentic cold tap water pool experience for these kids! Sheesh!