Impromptu Pool Play

Sometimes, their ideas are not my own.

It started out innocent enough- I needed to get some weeding done in the garden, and while it was warm outside, it was bearable.  So I took the girls out for some good ol’ vitamin D. 

They played in the shade for a little bit, and even shared a glass of ice water.

Next thing I knew, Piper decided that her tiny baby (or “Addy,” as Piper calls her) needed to swim in the pool.  And while I don’t condone playing with inside toys outside (particularly when water is involved), the damage had already been done and I figured that it’d buy me another 5 minutes to get what I could done.

So I kind of pretended that I didn’t see Piper doing what she knew she shouldn’t; she was having a blast teaching her baby to swim.  And then she had a blast blasting the baby down the slide and into the water.  I could hear her mutter “One step, two step, three step” as the baby made her way to the top.  Talk about cute, right?

I turned around thinking to myself that I have to have the cutest three-year-old on the face of the planet when I heard a funny sound.  A funny splashing sound. 

Apparently the baby couldn’t have ALL the fun…

Busted.

So what do you do?  Just let it continue, right?  Addy (not the doll), of course, had to join in- in her diaper…

Piper and Addy (the doll) danced around in the sun and on the slip-n-slide.  I think that Piper was afraid she was going to get into trouble for being wet; she kept flashing me these coy little glances that just make my heart melt.  Love this girl.

…and, just for good measure, is there anything cuter than baby buns and little baby curls???