The Pool

Today we seemed to accomplish a bit of work. We brought over a great deal of stuff to the new house and Mommy unpacked quite a bit as well. But I still haven't finished painting that garage. To make matters worse, I spilled paint on the garage floor and have to sandpaper it up. But in the positive column, we got our visit from the air conditioning guy, who has given his seal of approval on things. In fact, he told us he didn't have to do as much because the guy cleaning the vents the other day did a bit more. Translated: we saved some money.

We also got a visit from a guy who dry cleaned our upstairs carpet, so now it looks nice. And it feels wet between your toes. The guy was from Latveria or Genovia or some country like that, so he had a terrific accent. He'd have been a perfect addition to the Star Trek cast, actually.

Anyway, as soon as he was done too, that was time for our picnic of sandwiches - and it was time to head to the pool!

Here Madison is having a great time at our community pool. I love the barn theme with the showers in the silo - it looks like something you'd find at Disney. Madison had a great time learning to swim with Mommy and Daddy today. At one point, we even enjoyed tromping around in the water underneath one of these things:

Oh yeah: that's at our pool. There was another couple at the pool for a short time, but for the next hour, we had it all to ourselves. On a hot day like today, it was the perfect recipe for cool fun. Madison giggled quite a bit, but so did we. Everyone had fun together!

But you can see by this picture that the storm clouds were coming. We were actually on our way out of the pool anyway, so the rain clouds weren't chasing us off. They were just a reminder of how perfectly timed everything was today, and how blessed we were as a family. Madison looks cute in her swim robe, and you can see for yourself how deserted our pool was. I imagine we'll be using this quite a bit. For one, it is good to give Madison some of those swimming lessons that we learned over a year ago. She'll get better and better. On top of that, Mommy and Daddy will get some much-needed exercise in the pool. Eventually, Ye-Ye and Nana will be over here too, and we'll all have fun cooling off in the water. Until then, today was a wonderful introduction to the pool.

Afterwards, we all went back to our current house for another Tombstone pizza. Madison was so excited about this that she put on her own oven mitts and brought out her own wooden pizza to the table. For the record, that little toy was a most excellent investment. She plays with that all the time, preparing us pizza quite often.

Later, we plugged in Cirque du Soleil's "La Nouba," as we're considering returning there with Madison when we visit Orlando. We popped the DVD in and Madison watched the whole thing without ever losing focus. She really enjoyed it! This was good news, because no matter what, we're seeing Cirque du Soleil in November. I know she's going to love it.