Pool Time!

Can you believe Mr. D will be 12 MONTHS OLD in less than 2 weeks?!  I definitely can't.  It seems like we just barely had him and brought him home from the hospital.  Anywho, I'll write more on that phenomenon later.  

In preparation for his big boy birthday coming up, we bought him a small swimming pool.  We have a nice big empty backyard that we never use, so we decided it was time to have some fun family things to do out there.  It has been such a nice year so far, it's kinda lame that we haven't used our yard more.  But I guess it's partly due to the fact that DB used to hate grass, and because I have been a basement dwelling hermit . . .

Now that it's summer we want to play in our yard as much as possible - and hopefully over time we'll add more to our collection of backyard activities.  It was sunny and the perfect temp for a swim yesterday, so Dad set up the pool and D had a blast playing in the water and picking (and eating) clovers in the grass.  Here are some photos. 

 Picking the perfect clover

 He loved it so much and carried it all over the yard with a smile on his face

 Tasting it . . . yummy?

A ladybug!  Ooooh, so cool.