Day O'Fun

Recently we purchased a kiddie swimming pool and a picnic/water/sand table for Cole (and obviously Henry when he's bigger). On Sunday, we finally had some time for a Fuchs family fun day, so we decided to set everything up. The only problem with a Fuchs family fun day is Kristin gets an automatic invite...luckily we manage to still have fun despite her rule of "safety first!"

Set up was a little difficult, the "pop-up" pool stumped both of us and Uncle Ben.  Cleanup was even worse, but Cole had a blast. After the fun was said and done he took a 3 hour nap, he rarely naps so it was definitely worth it. The one mistake we made, and I can't believe we did it, was buying play sand. Sand sucks. It gets everywhere and you can never seem to get rid of it all. Cole enjoyed shoveling the sand into the pool and his wagon, on the grass and so forth but I think from now on it will just be a water table.

The worst part of the day was when we noticed Cole filled his swim diaper, and not with pee. Next thing we knew he was squishing poo water out everywhere. Fuchs family fun day ended with Cole getting a shower under the hose, naked and screaming.

The best part was when I realized how good Cole is getting at feeding himself. He was able to sit by himself at his picnic table and shovel in his favorites of pita bread and hummus and yogurt. It's a little messy, but after dealing with the above, washing off a little food ain't no thing.

Cole's sweet setup (more fun than it looks)

Super messy, but he doesn't need help

Cole, Uncle Ben and Bella watering the plants

Cole's summer accessory of a heavy sunscreen swipe down the middle of his forehead, usually covered by a bandaid but it fell off in all his pool fun

Poor Henry just gets stuck sitting on the table but at least we pulled out the umbrella for him