First swimming pool, first gambling lesson....

Yesterday, Ryan and I took Kate for a dip in her first "real" swimming pool (other than the backyard variety). She's probably a bit late on this first, but the pool in P.A. was really cold, so mommy never wanted to go in it! The pool for little kids here is warm and fantastic. Actually, there's a couple indoor pools and, once it gets warm, there's a huge outdoor area that looks like it will be great. We were wondering how Kate would take to this experience, which she called "a big bath" and, to our relief and joy, she seemed to like it a lot. To her delight, the pool had a whole bunch of watering cans (her favorite "toy" of late), so she was immediately drawn in. There is also a duck slide made just for little kids, and she went down it with some aid from daddy. She was NOT happy when we had to leave, so it must mean that the pool is a success! We've got a whole Saturday out in front of us now, and I'm not entirely sure what we'll do, but I'm sure it will involve the outdoors even though the weather isn't the best. We've already done our daily "chores," of feeding dogs, cats, getting the newspaper and checking out the horses. Kate's already dirty, so it looks to be typical day at Dusty Loop!