Pool time!

This summer we had enjoy the pool as never before, for a couple of weeks we had been in the pool every afternoon!, and the rest of the month every day or another.....First days i got tired of having Sophie in my arms, but after a couple of days it was so relaxing, i think i even got more energy after just 30 minutes in the pool that i couldnt stop going......
At the beginning emily didnt want to use her life vest in the water.... i try to brave her, i try to intimidate her and just got tears and screams.....

Every possible trick didnt work until i force her to use the vest and push her away....she cry again, but she learn the feeling of being in the water all by herself....and that was it....

like a fish in the water, she felt so happy!, but the next step was to jump.....again more tears....
while i was trying to convince her (push again!) to jump, she was learning to contain her breath under the water....why i didnt teach her that first?, it sounds obvious thats the first step before jumping.....

i could see she was getting better and better under the water, lasting longer and even kicking at the same time....

then, one day out of the blue, Emily and Armando were in the pool with Caleb and her mom, and Emily told her friend: watch me how i jump into the water!, Armando said she hesitate for few seconds and then.....SHE JUMPED!....

and now that is all she does in the pool.....

This other place is the Mahoney Park, the girls love it!, it has waves in one of the pools and slides, fountains, etc...

Sophie really enjoy it as much as Emily....but there where sometimes (many times) that sophie went into the water, and she refused to get any help at all....she wanted to stand on her own, or maybe she was just too scare and wave her hands as crazy....yea, that must be it!

The first time was very nice, just sitting on the edge, splashing some water, etc.....after they got use to it, one run one way and the other to the opposite direction.....

Sophie is very sociable, too much probably, she pass people over their legs, hanging their arms, clothes, etc...it is hard with her, specially to get into the slide, she doesnt know she needs to wait her turn, she goes pushing other kids, so i have to grab her really hard for few minutes until she gets in....

it is not surprising that daddy picks emily if he had to stay with one of the girls......and of course, next time is my turn....

At the end, the price is SILENCE, everybody is sleeping.....no nagging, no "I WANT CANDY", no "ARE WE THERE YET", no "WATCH ME, WATCH ME!"....

no CRYING, no MORE TOYS, no MORE MILK or WATER or SNACK.....

no YOU ARE SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY, no WE ARE GOING TO BE LATE, no I TOLD YOU SO......

just quiet time for mommy.......shhhhhh!!!!!!