Obaachan is so happy to see Mio again!

As it is with a lot of grandparents, my mom has a tendency to want to pamper her grandchild, and she always insists on buying babygear and toys for Mio that she can use while in Virginia, even though we’re rarely here for over two weeks at a time. (We already have a separate car seat, high chair, and travel crib that will always be waiting for us in Virginia… I do admit that it makes our life a whole lot easier!) She went out for a shopping run yesterday morning and came back with a baby pool! Because it was very sunny and the perfect weather for some splashing around, we took it out to the backyard for Mio to play in it. This was Mio’s first experience with any sort of pool, as where we live in Northern California rarely gets hot enough to be pool weather, so it was pretty exciting!

 

No diving in the baby pool!
No diving in the baby pool! You don't say...

 

My mom bought her some pool toys, too!
Mio testing the water. (My mom bought her some pool/bath toys, too!)

 

Mio is stunned.
Mio was at first a little stunned...

 

Obaachan blowing bubbles for Mio
Obaachan blowing bubbles for Mio

 

Squatting in the pool
Mio eventually squatted down to sit in the pool.

 

Pooltime in the backyard
Pooltime in the backyard

 

Fun in the sun
It was the perfect weather for some fun in the sun!

 

Three generations
Three generations of Yokoyama ladies!

 

Having a blast.
Having a blast.

 

Wrapping up pool time
I kept putting hats on her, but Mio pulled all of them off and into the water... 🙁

 

Mio had a great time in the pool!
Mio had so much fun, we had a hard time getting her out of the pool!

 

Here’s a video I took of the pooltime fun!

Hopefully we’ll get several more uses of the baby pool during our stay here in Virginia! Mio has always loved the water (she relishes bathtime), so I can see this pool becoming very addictive for her. 😛

I remember spending many of my summer days as a young child playing in a kiddie pool of our own in the same backyard with my siblings, and I can’t help but smile as I think back on all the fun we had. One of the best parts of becoming a parent is how we are given the opportunity to be a kid again — to relive the best of our childhood memories all over again, except this time with a deeper understanding of just how precious those moments are. I hope that someday, Mio will look back on all those happy moments we’ll share with the same fondness and smile.