Presidents' Day

We did not go to school or work on Monday (February 16, I hope you are keeping track so I don't have to list the date for every paragraph). This is because we celebrated “President’s Day” and Mommy and Daddy don’t have to go work on that day. We don’t celebrate for President’s Day although I bet we will once I get into school. It seems like there are many holidays in February. Daddy had to get another shot in his back, and this time Mommy could not stay with him because I was with her (since I did not have to go to school since Mommy and Daddy did not go to work). It went okay, as well as a shot in the back can go, I guess. While Daddy was getting his shot, Mommy and I did a little shopping. We bought Valentine's decorations because they were on sale. I can just imagine how great the house will look next year! And the other great thing is I probably will not remember the decorations this year so it will be a fun surprise. After we took Daddy home, Mommy and I did a very fun thing! We went swimming at the Mason Recreation Center. We actually were going to go swimming with Daddy in the morning (before the shot) but the pool was not open yet, so I played in a fun playland just for kids and we took a tour of the place. The experience did not start off that great, Mommy learned the hard way that we need to get ready to swim in the locker room, not by the pool. I was so excited about the water that I started to run towards it. Within one step I slipped and fell back and hit my head. Then I cried. Luckily I am very good at falling and did not hit my head very hard, but it was very scary. Mommy cuddled with me for a few minutes then once I was settled, we headed into the water. This pool is really neat for many reasons. It has something called a “zero entry” area, which means you can walk in like the beach versus having to jump in or go down stairs like most pools. In the shallow area it has really cool pipes that stand up high and water spurts out of them. It has an area that seems like a river with a lizard formation on the middle concrete portion. There is a small slide by the walk-in part but it was too scary for me this time. There is even a big slide that goes round and round for when I get bigger. Mommy carried me into the walk-in area (even though you know I can walk) and we sat and splashed for a bit. Then she carried me all around the pool and we had so much fun! Every time we went around the pretend lizard, I said “hello Lizard” and laughed. We watched the big boys go down the big slide and even watched some bigger girls playing with the water-spouting pipes and the min-slide. After awhile we were chilly so we sat by the side of the pool, cuddled together under our towels. I just watched and watched the kids playing in the pool and did not say a thing. Mommy asked me if I wanted to go back in and this time I was really ready! I had watched enough kids playing that I knew how to do it too. I walked in (did not fall and hit my head this time), I splashed and played and played! We went around the lizard a few more times and enjoyed all of the people at the pool until we were chilly again and it was time to go check on Daddy. If I could get all of the words I have in my head to come out of my mouth, I would have told Daddy and Bella all of the wonderful things I did that day. Someday I will!