An Afternoon Swim

This afternoon, after Emma woke up from her nap, we all headed to Lake Elmo Park Reserve to go swimming at the swimming pond there. The entire way to the part, Emma kept saying that she wanted to go play in the water. She continued to let us know this as we walked from where we parked to the pond. Once we got to the beach and stepped into the water though, Emma's desire to play in the water changed. She wanted to get out of the water! We got her to play in the sand by the water with the shovel and colander that we brought with us. Mel was in the water a short distance out. Eventually Emma headed out toward Mel. Once Emma got into the pond, she had a blast. When the lifeguards told everyone to get out of the water for a break, Emma kept wanting to go back in. We will probably be making more trips back to Lake Elmo Park Reserve this summer to take advantage of the swimming area.