I had all three kids at the pool yesterday and 3-year-old #2 was comically himself. To see the world through his eyes must be a magical spectacle.
**#1 and #2 are floating about in the pool looking under the water with their goggles. #1 chose a pink pair, whereas #2 chose a blue pair.**
#2: “Mommy, you cold.”
Me: “No, I’m fine. Why do you think I’m cold?”
#2: “You not cold? Why you lips blue?”
Me: (I feel my lips.) “Honey, I don’t think my lips are blue.”
#2: “Yeees.”
Me: “#2, you have blue goggles on. Everything you see looks blue.”
#2: (Looks around with his goggles on) “Oh.” (Paddles off unfazed.)
30 MINUTES LATER…
**#2 just put on his sunglasses and hopped back into the pool.**
#2: “MOMMY!! IT’S DARK!”
Me: (Trying not to laugh) “#2, you’re wearing your sunglasses.”
#2: (Looks at me and cocks his head) “But it’s DARK!”
Me: “Honey, sunglasses make things look darker.”
#2: (Lifts up his sunglasses, looks around, puts them back again, and paddles off.)
Lifeguard: (Utterly losing her sh*t laughing.)
We are, without a doubt, “that family” at the pool.