We ended the month of July with a bang. This past weekend, we had a great time playing at the pool and hanging out at the beach.
Saturday, we headed over to one of Southington's public pools at Recreation Park (or, as we call it in our family, "Goose Poop Park" for obvious reasons). We are so lucky to have access to two pools in our town during the summer months, and this summer we have really taken advantage of them. The kids LOVE going to the pool and we are still so amazed at how well they are all doing in the water.
We started out our day in the kiddie pool, where Max especially likes to be. The water is only about 1 foot deep, so he can easily walk around (although he falls over a lot, so we can't take our eyes off of him for one second!). Colby and Stella also like the kiddie pool because it has a very cool mushroom-like thing in the middle that the water falls off of and is super fun to play under.
Then we headed over to the "big pool," which is Stella and Colby's new favorite place to be. They especially like being in that pool with Daddy, because he does all of the fun stuff.
As soon as we got over there, the jumping began. Jumping into the pool is their most favorite activity to do now (which is amazing considering just over a month ago, they would barely get their faces wet!). Colby does all of these crazy flying leaps and cannonballs into the pool. It's hysterical to watch! Stella was having kind of a small day, and didn't do any jumping. She still had fun swimming around.
Since the Gilmores can never have enough water time, on Sunday we headed to the coast of Connecticut to Rocky Neck State Park. It was a gorgeous day, so the place was absolutely packed. It was way more crowded than I ever like a beach to be, but we still had a great day. During our time there, we overheard several people say, "This is the most crowded I've ever seen this place." I guess we picked a good day to go! Still, the beach was really nice and the water was perfect. It was very refreshing, calm, and clear. Plus, we could walk way out without the water ever getting that deep. It is actually the Long Island Sound that we were swimming in, and we could see Long Island from the beach.
And, of course, the kids had a blast. They alternated between swimming around in the water and running up to our little spot to dig in the sand.
Max made all sorts of friends (mostly of the old-lady variety) while we were there. He would just waddle up to anybody who would give him attention (and who wouldn't!?) and smile at them and bat those incredibly long lashes at them. He also had most of the beach laughing at his crazy walking style. Anytime he would start to stumble, you could hear multiple, "Oh, ohhh, ohs" along the beach. He had quite the audience!
So, that was our weekend. And now the countdown is on until the first day of school. Stella starts on August 29 and Colby starts preschool a couple weeks later. They are both very excited and scared all at the same time. I'm trying to make the most out of our last few summer weeks, cramming in all of the activities I wanted to do into our few remaining free days. One of the things on my checklist was to go to Hartford's Bushnell Park where there is a carousel that is almost 100 years old. We've been there a few times before, but it is just so cool. The ride is only $1 and it is the fastest carousel I've ever been on. The park that it is in is right downtown, and there's also a playground and a ton of open space with lots of trees, paths, and fountains. We found a good shady spot to have a picnic lunch in after our ride, and while we were eating......
Stella lost her 2nd tooth! (Can you tell how proud she is in this picture??!) What an exciting way to end our time at Bushnell Park.
And, I just had to include a picture of this sign. It cracks me up every time I see it at the carousel. The employees there must get handed a lot of slimy tickets from little kids for them to have to post this sign!
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