Poor Charlie. Mommy had the best of intentions this morning. I found out that our neighborhood pool opened on Friday morning, and had it on my calendar to go at 11 am (during the Mom & Tot Swim hour) and show this little gal a great time in the water.

What I wasn’t prepared for, was how COLD the water would be. Call me crazy, I thought it might be heated…I mean, pools in Texas are heated, aren’t they?? At any rate, I did get in as far as my waist but Charlie would not go past her ankles. We stayed in the water for about 15 minutes, so with parking, changing, waiting, etc…a lot of effort for Charlie to dip her feet in the water and cling to me for dear life. I purposely didn’t sign her up for another round of Aquababies at my gym this summer because I wanted something a little less scheduled, but they at least have a lovely, heated pool. I’m starting to have second thoughts about that decision.

Looks like this may be an activity best saved for those 90 degree days…which at this point, don’t seem to be happening anytime soon.

Charlie is wearing the cute swimsuit I bought her in Hawaii. Good thing Mimi suggested pulling it out now…it’s a 2T and she’s got NO room to grown in it!! Never fear though, you know she has a stockpile of swimsuits just waiting to be worn. Guess we’d better figure this pool thing out!!