be cool, stay in the pool

Boy, this summer is boiling! I don't remember feeling so hot and sweaty in summers past... but then again, I have a few extra pounds and a bun in the oven this year. Needless to say, swimming is our all-time favorite activity. We love it even more when we bring teenage girls. They wear my kids out and I get a little R&R. This is what summer is all about.


Zack was being his usual self at the pool yesterday. Whenever he took a minute to come up for breath, he was saying the most amusing things. He is gaining so much confidence in the pool-- he's swimming farther distances and holding his breath like a saltwater crocodile. (*according to Ben, it's the animal that can hold it's breath the longest underwater. I argued it was a whale, but I looked it up, and Ben is right. Steve Irwin apparently discovered the saltwater croc can hold it's breath underwater for 3 hours*)

Anyway, back to Zack and the funny things he said...

When told (by me) that he couldn't swim a certain long distance to the other side of the pool, he glared at me and said, "I assure you, I can!" Rest assured, he made it.

While laying on a body raft, he was attacked by Ben and Luke who were about to tip him over. He sat up and screamed over and over, "I surrender! I surrender!"

After a lot of splashing, he got really annoyed at Luke and threatened, "If you don't stop, I will splat cheese in your face." He was even more bothered that Luke thought his scary threat was hilarious.

And when Keyonna told him to use the blue floaty device (pictured above) he replied ever-so-seriously, "No thanks. I only use that for emergencies."

And that's why we keep him around.
To make the tedious, day-to-day activities (such as swimming) enjoyable.