Impromptu Picnic at the Pool

Brian had to work a tad later than normal tonight so Kate and I decided to have an impromptu picnic at the pool!

We drove home, packed a quick dinner, put on our bathing suits, and headed over to the pool!

The weather bordered on a thunderstorm.  The ominous clouds were hoovering above for the majority of the late afternoon, but it never rained, and towards the end of the evening the sun was even shining!  This totally worked in our favor because we more or less had the pool to ourselves! There was hardly anyone there.  Sometimes we need a bit of warm up time and when there are a lot of people it can be overwhelming for all of us.

We settled on a couple of lounge chairs near the entrance to the big water slides.  Kate was determined to go on them but we weren't allowed to ride together so she wasn't able to go.  One day, sweet angel girl, and you'll be out of my arms and going down the slides with your friends.  But today you'll be staying by my side.

We decided to play for a bit in the pool and then have dinner.  So we warmed up in the baby pool and then headed to the big pool.  We jumped back and forth between these two pools and then sat together and enjoyed our little picnic of cheese and crackers, carrots, and watermelon.

Selfie at the pool!

Warming up in the little pool!

First whale ride of the season!

Hopefully not the last!

Headed to the big pool.  Does she look so big,
or is it just me?

Playing with a bubbler!

Debating on where to go.  We walked around the
entire pool to check everything out.

Wading through chest deep.  This was about as far as she
wanted to go.

Swinging on the railing.  You see, when there's
hardly anyone at the pool, you can break the rules
a little bit.  (For the record, she did this once and
I asked her not to do it anymore.  I just so happened
to catch a photo of it!)

It's a pic-a-nic time!

Love her.

This cracks me up!

And, at the end of our picnic, I was smothered
with messy face kisses.  I will never say no to
kisses - messy or not!

I loved having the opportunity to be spontaneous tonight.  It was awesome for Kate and I and so rewarding because when we talked about going to the pool and Kate asked if we would be going "right now" I was able to say, "YES"!  How often does that happen?!

Plus the extra special time with my first girlie is always very special.  Hopefully we'll have more of these fun summer nights this season!