I doe twimmin'

Coopers two favorite things to do this summer have been to go swimming, and to go play ball (when mommy and daddy play). If we are not doing either one of these activities, we have to hear about them constantly. It does get a little annoying at times. For instance, if we tell him we are going to go play ball and we make a stop before we get to the ball fields, get ready for the waterworks!!!! When Cooper has his mind set on something, it is so tragic when it does not go as he planned it. However, I am very grateful that our little guy wants to be outside and around people.


On Tuesday night, my para from Herington called and said that she would be in town to take her niece and nephews to the Emporia Aquatic Center. I made arrangements to get off work (I am temporarily working this week) so that Cooper and I could meet up with them.

The Aquatic Center is a very nice pool for a town our size. The pool itself is pretty darn big. It has the walk-in that gets gradually deeper with little spouts that shoot out water. This is great for Cooper to play in and I can just put a chair in the water and watch him. They have two slides. One that twists and turns and is not very fast. Then they have one that is a speed slide.
Cooper and I rode the "slow" slide a couple of times. Every time we got off he would say, "again mommy." I let him go the last time by himself. Ronda, my para, went up with him and I waited at the bottom to get a picture. Cooper came out upside down and crying, but still said, "again mommy" through the tears. I tried to snap a picture of him coming down by himself, and I got one (I promise he is in the water), but it is not a good one b/c once I realized he was upside down I ran over to grab him. The water is actually fairly deep (as you can see he is under it) and I wanted to grab him since we has not sitting up.

The Aquatic center also has a lazy river and a kid area that just has little fountains and animals that shoot water out for kids to play in. This is a very nice place and plan to take Cooper back again before the end of the summer. I can not believe that I have never been there before!!!

This is Cooper by himself....he's under the water and in the shadow.