Pool Party

On Friday (as a break from bike shows), Ella and I went to the pool to
cool off from the scorching summer days we have been having. At first
Ella would not go in--just stood on the side of the baby pool and
watched in her red swim bottoms and matching hat. Finally she ventured
in but insisted that I go in too. So the two of us sat in the end
playing for a couple of hours with the buckets and balls that other
children had left there She kept getting braver and braver, eventually
even allowing her feet to float up as the placed her hands at the
bottom of the pool and walked along! Whenever, I tried to get out and
sit on the side, she ordered me back in: "Vickkk...in." Grandpa and
Mom came later and we all had a wonderful dinner on the deck! An
afternoon at the pool with Ella (and of course John and Susan)--pretty
close to heaven for me! Grandma Vickkkk