Just Add Water . . . .

you don't need much else. Who needs an in-ground pool with water features, when a $20 inflatable pool is great fun!

This photo collection is one in which technology actually HINDERS the beauty of it. What these next few photos need is to be stapled together, and then the pages flipped forward so you can see little Creed in action. (You know, like those short, fat books with Coyote chasing Road Runner at the bottom of the pages so that when you flipped through the book, you could see Coyote getting hit with an anvil in motion)

Up the slide . . . . .
Leg over the top -- this is the most challenging of the steps.
Now the slide -- hoping that his toes don't stick to the slide and his top-heavy self doesn't tumble forward (happens 1 out 5 times on the slide)
And for the splash down!!!
Keep sliding forward from the momentum of the slide, topple forward upon hitting the edge . . . .

fall out of the pool, jump up and run to the steps, ready to do it all over again.

See what I mean?? You could almost see it in motion . . . . I guess I could have just uploaded video on here. But not nearly as nostalgic.

West loves the water. He's been singing songs about summer for weeks (using his creative talents). He's been talking about surfing and worked hard to try to stand on this little kickboard in his 4 foot wide pool (adds to the challenge when you may fall on grass rather than the water). Add his surfing desire, with his blonde hair and little body that darkens within minutes of being in the sun, and I'll have to hope I can get him to college before he heads off to California.
Sliding was fun for about 2 runs. Jumping off the top of the slide was much more exciting!