Allison's Journal - Labor Day Pool Party

Since the weather was so hot this summer mom and dad finally agreed to get us a backyard pool! We are so happy and it has been so much fun and so nice on the recent hot days. Mom even said we could have our friends over for an afternoon of swimming and then burgers on Labor Day. Kind of one last big party before school starts the next day. Then next weekend dad says he is going to get pool ready for the winter since we really won't have time to enjoy it once school starts and the weather will be cooling down pretty quickly.

Chelsea, Izzy and I got in the pool before anyone else arrived. Michael was going to come out when we did but he had to stop and clean his room up before mom let him join the fun.

Molly, Jazmin, Jeremy and Maria all showed up at the same time that Michael got to come out. We we so glad to see everyone.

Chelsea had to help Maria into the pool, she was just a too small to get in by herself.

We let the little girls have a turn in the pool by themselves but we were all really close by in case they needed us. They really had fun splashing around and trying to swim. Izzy has actually learned to swim a little bit this summer. She can't wait for next summer so she can learn more. Her favorite part was holding her breath and staying under the water.

All the girls decided to let the boys have the pool for a while because they tend to get a bit wild when they get in the water together. Dad did have to come yell at them a couple of times too.

While we were having fun mom was busy in the kitchen getting some burgers and fries ready for us. She even found those cute paper baskets like at the burger places for us to use!

We were sure hungry after all that fun in the water but mom made use wait until we were all the way dried off before we could come into the house for food. She said she didn't want any puddles tracked in.

it was girls first and Molly jumped right in and fixed her burger. She was so happy mom had gotten lots of pickles. Molly loves pickles I wouldn't be surprised to see her skip the meat and cheese and just have the pickles on the bun sometime.

Jazmin wanted hers with just the meat and some ketchup. She says she likes it that way. No fancy toppings for her.

I stayed in the kitchen to help the two little girls with their burgers. That way mom got a chance to sit down and eat in peace.

Izzy was picky about which meat patty she got, she wanted hers to be cooked just perfect.

Maria wanted some of everything except onions. She says onions are icky!

The boys went last and it is a good thing because when they were done there wasn't much left. I think they both took two meat patties along with all the remaining toppings!

This was such a fun day. Tomorrow school starts and since Izzy and Maria are both in first grade this year they will be walking to school and back with us. It is going to be a long walk at first for both of them. I'll try to check back in next week and tell you how our new year at school is going.

Thanks for stopping by!!!