Tonight Ellie and I went up to The Holtzople's in Gettysburg for swimming and an ice cream social. Daddy stayed home with Max, becuase it was quite a late start time. Plus, Ellie and I need some Mommy time in preparation for my week away.
We were the first to arrive, so Ellie had some special time with her cousins - swinging and looking around. I enjoyed talking with Vicki, Jerred and Dad for a while.
There were about 20-30 people there - many kids and just a relaxing group. Ellie and I swam with the group for about 1 to 2 hours - hard to know as I lost track of time. Ellie is such a big girl in the pool. She even enjoyed jumping into the deep end while Shawn caught her. She had fun playing with the other girls and is showing no fear of the water. It was fun watching her play with confidence and enjoy the people and kids.
We had a nice bunch of junk food upon getting out of the water. It was very dark and it was a special treat for Ellie to be up this late. She was very interested to see her first fire flies. We tried to catch one, but couldn't. That's a goal for us this summer.
After ice cream she played on the swing set with the kids for another good 30-60 minutes before we finally headed back down the road at nearly 11pm. It was a late evening and she was such a big girl. She didn't fuss or complain and said it was her favorite thing - getting to swim at Aunt Vicki and Uncle Jerred's. She likes their pool.
She stayed awake the whole way home. We sang some songs and then listened to Gino's songs for a while. When we made it home, she even admired the stars and looked for the moon. She is growing into such a little girl. I can imagine lots of fun summer evenings ahead of us. I like being able to keep her up late and spend long periods of time doing grown up things with her. She really is such great company!
No comments:
Post a Comment