Memorial weekend was marked with wonderful warm weather. I was able to get out of work around 2 pm and went and got the kids early from school. We did some quick grocery shopping before heading home. On Saturday we all worked outside – Dave cut the grass and put up the fence around the garden and Ajax, Noomi and I got all our plants into the garden. Noomi threw a lot of dirt around, but Ajax was a big help. On Sunday we did some housework and then the kids and I headed into Dearborn to visit my grandpa Nader and then attend my cousin Nicole’s wedding shower. The kids had fun visiting (of course) and enjoyed the shower. For some time now Ajax has been asking to attend a shower with me, so now was his chance. It was held over my aunt Lisa’s house, so luckily all the guys were there hanging in the basement, so Ajax thought that was cool (I guess that means he still doesn’t really know what a shower is). Noomi had fun running from the backyard into the house and vice versa. She just seemed to find this hilarious. My aunt’s house also has a long hallway with a full wall mirror that Noomi found fascinating. She kept skipping up and down the hallway watching herself.
On Monday we went to a parade in Williamston. It was quite nice and not very long (only about 20 minutes or so), which was the perfect amount of time small children will watch a parade without tractors. After the parade we walked to the park and played for an hour and then headed home for lunch. While Noomi laid down for a nap Ajax and I went on an expedition for a pool. Somehow I got it into my head that we needed one of those above-ground pools. Maybe it was the heat, maybe it was because I want to teach Ajax how to swim this summer, or maybe it was because the neighbors have a pool… whatever it was, I was determined to have a pool. When we returned home, triumphant, with a pool in a box, David and my dad put it up. The kids were so excited they kept running in circles screaming. Noomi had a blast with the hose (note: she would have been happy with a sprinkler) and Ajax could barely contain himself. My mom and grandma Flo also drove up to visit and we all watched the kids play in the water.
After the pool was filled up and sitting in our backyard I had a sense of dread wash over me as it never occurred to me that I was buying a pool. Sure it was a plastic thing to hold water, but when I started realizing all the work, the chemicals, the filters, etc. that the thing would require I started to have second thoughts. There’s no turning back however as Ajax is obsessed with the pool and loves Dave and I about 45% more than he did pre-pool. He was worried last night that deer would get into it and this morning he flipped out of bed to check on the pool. I therefore went to the store tonight with Noomi while Ajax was at T Ball (he did great by the way) and bought almost $100 worth of chemicals to keep our pool blue and hopefully not turn it green.
