The Pool Opened Today!

From Elizabeth:
But I got no pictures, so will have to wait until tomorrow.
Brief moment of panic when Miranda’s size 7 bathing suit proved to be a little too small for her, but luckily the two-piece monkey bathing suit worked. We went to Kohl’s tonight and bought not one but TWO new bathing suits. She tried them on in the dressing room, and it was one of those I-am-shifting-into-my-mother moments, when I sat in the dressing room, by the mirror, and she went into the dressing room booths, and she came out in the bathing suits, and two dresses, and I said how much I liked all of them, and she said decisively, I don’t think the red bathing suit looks good on me, but I really like the pink one and I really think we should buy it. Umm, ok, I said. It took me years to learn to be that decisive in the dressing room. But she’s a fast learner.
Bought her, in addition to the two bathing suits, a navy dress with pink polka dots for the wedding next weekend, and a pink dress with stitching in the bodice, because it was cute and on sale, and both dresses, hallelujah! were long enough.
Just a lovely rich day, and you know if I can say that about a day that includes shopping, it must have been a really good one. We cleaned out part of the garage, and went to the pool for two hours, and I finished the new Kate Braestrup book, Marriage and Other Acts of Charity – really good! – and Dan grilled steak for dinner that turned out well. Always nervous around steak. Miranda finished at least two Boxcar Children books. Marissa read two Bob books all by herself, with her dad listening.
“I thank you God for most this amazing day,” said ee cummings – “for the leaping greenly spirit of trees, and the blue true dream of sky, and for everything that is natural that is infinite that is yes.” It was an amazingly good day. I hope you had one as good.