Giada has been a uh-may-zing in the pool this summer. We started with a floating device to assist her in learning to swim and now she swims just as well without it. She looks like a little tadpole, kicking her feet and pulling herself through the water to her destination. She likes to tell you that she's scared to jump in but she really does love it. Kris is a great motivator for her. He turns the scary things into fun and his words of encouragement are the carrot she strives for.
After a few laps with and without the vest to show Issa-Aunt how well she's doing, Kris offered to jump with Giada. She held tight as they jumped into the deep end and popped up ready to do it again. I remember never wanting to get out of the pool when I was little and she is the same way. She'd be content floating, kicking and playing all day.
As it does every evening, the discussion soon turned to dinner. Our grill was finally laid to rest this season without being replaced yet so Kris has been chomping at the bit for a good burger. We were at a loss for where to go because, quite honestly, after a few hours in the pool, I had no desire to be seen in public. We then remembered that there is a restaurant at a small airport nearby and summer is the best time to visit because you can sit outside an watch planes and helicopters come and go.
Without telling Giada, we invited her dear friend and his parents, OUR dear friends, to join us. While both kids are very well behaved at restaurants, when you get them together, oh boy! Its not that they aren't good, but they do get a bit wild and they wind each other up. Thank goodness for outdoor dining and sympathetic patrons!
Can you see them at 80 on a cruise together?
now do you see it?
We probably started a hundred conversations that went nowhere because of distractions but as always, we left feeling like we had added to the scrapbook of our friendship.
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