Pool time

The kids are enjoying having a pool in their own backyard. 

Unfortunately, so is someone else.

Here is the typical day.

Ella pretending Jackson is a seahorse and riding him across the pool.

"It's okay, I'm used to it...You want a ride too?"

Then comes the jump contest....

Splash!

Which goes well until you-know-who shows up. Yep, that's her in the back. The one with the black fur. She thinks she's our 4th kid and should do everything the kids do.

Including going for a dip in the pool...

"Maho, No!" (because then we will have to cease with the jumping)

Maho likes to swim laps and not come back to the steps until she is really tired and almost not swimming anymore so Ella pulls her in for safety.

And then it's time for a snooze on the lounge chair. And the kids get their pool back.