Kayla is having a blast here at Lake Ridge in Hillville, VA...She has been doing so much and has made several friends while being here with us...
Her vacation started on May 3 when we left her home in West Virginia...We drove for almost 5 hours and she did really good for the length of time...We stopped at Bob Evans for breakfast and had a good meal...It actually lasted us until we got home...
Kayla has been up in the crafts room with me, her mommom...She helps me out with guests by getting water, their brushes or just sitting at their table watching them do their craft...She has made several acquaintances with this process...Katie was a teenage girl who would let Kayla sit with her while she did her craft...Kayla would bring her craft to Katie's table and they would work together...People ask if she is my daughter and right away I say "No, she is my granddaughter"...I love saying that...It makes me so proud...
Here at Lake Ridge the pools weren't ready until Memorial Day weekend...The heaters in the pool were getting the pools warmed up...Kayla was ready to get her swimsuit on and go swimming..Her goal this year was to swim in the big pool all by herself with no help with water wings or a floatie...The slide was put at the kiddie pool last year, 2009...All the kids have enjoyed going down the slide...As you can see, Kayla is getting ready to head to the top and make her way down...She has a blast...
Splash!!!
Here's our Kayla girl getting ready to get out of the kiddie pool and go back to the slide...She did this so much that she wore herself out...Kayla did play with other kids in the kiddie pool which is rare for her...She made friends with another girl, Grace...Poppy and I know her family well...
Kayla with no swimmies on...She is such a big girl!!
Before this time of her getting in the pools, she had become friends with a little girl and her brother, Gracie & Landon...Their dad, Jason, was down at their rv for a visit waiting on their mom to show up...Gracie and Kayla became friends instantly...Kayla was sitting outside on our deck swinging her feet when Gracie & Landon came over to say HI...Ever since that evening they have been very close...So much so that Jason kept an eye on Kayla while they were at the pools...I had told Kayla that she could not go in to the big pool without Poppy or I and one day while looking out the big crafts room window, I saw her getting ready to jump in the pool...It freaked me out at first but then I saw Jason...He stayed with her the whole time...He was teaching her to use the noodle and how to swim with it...His wife, Jessica, is very nice too...Jason, Jessica, Gracie & Landon have "adopted" her...They come and get her when they are here and keep her the whole time...Kayla is having the time of her life and she needed so badly...Poppy and I got to know Jason and Jessica after a cake eating contest for Mardi Gras weekend back around June 12...Their rv is right behind ours so we know that we can keep an eye on Kayla and when I'm up in the crafts room, I can see how she is doing...So the picture below is the very first time she has decided to get in the big pool...
This is Jason with Kayla...He stuck by her the whole time they were in the pool...I thanked him for being there and helping her...
The little guy behind Kayla and Jason is Landon...He kept up with them as if he was protecting her too..
I don't know if you can really see Kayla's face but she is pretty happy being in the big pool...
The girl with the pink noodle is her new best friend, Gracie...
This all took place around June 17th...Kayla has not been out of the kiddie pool or the adult pool since she has arrived here...Everyday all she wants to do is go swimming...She grabs her goggles, towel, and has sunblock put on and down the steps through a secret passage to the doors that lead to the pools...I am so glad she is having a blast..
Splash!!!
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