Sun, sun, sun!

So I posted yesterday that Lilia and I were going to be making the most of the sun we are having, since we hardly ever get it. I promised photos of Lilia enjoying said sun, in her pool, etc.. Well, Lilia was NOT fussed on the pool. At all. I invited two of my friends up with their little girls, thinking it would be really nice for all three of them to get in the pool together and play outside.. Heck, even the mums could fit in the pool, too!
Well anyway, after all the effort it took James and his friend to blow up the pool (we don't have a pump and it is a biiig pool to blow up just using your breath - he and his friend both nearly passed out!), all the effort it took me to fill it (it took about fifteen minutes to fill since we don't have a hosepipe, we had to use the washing up bowl, the kettle, and Lilia's toy bucket), and all the kerfuffle it took to organise Lilia's little play mates to come over (my friends are both really lazy and though they promised they'd come over early, I had to nag them until TWO THIRTY PM!! For them to come round. So much for making a day of it, right!).. Lilia hated it.
She got in it at first, and she was a bit iffy. She just sat there for a while, but I brought her dummy out to her (she loves her dummy, it's so comforting to her) and she started to loosen up a little.. Then Lottie, my closest friends little girl, decided she was going to go absolutely mental in the pool. She crawled around EVERYWHERE, splashed Lilia and Amelia (the other baby), and screamed at them. We put Lilia's plastic balls in the pool, and Lottie just threw them everywhere. Amelia and Lilia both screamed to get out, and away from Lottie. Amelia's mum grabbed her straight away, but I was determined Lilia was going to make SOME use of the pool! So I sat in it with her and tried to play with her. She started to come round, and when she finally got off my lap, Lottie started going mental again. After about half an hour of me sitting in the pool trying to peel my screaming baby off of me, I gave up. I got out and wrapped Lilia in a towel for some cuddles instead. Amelia came 'round in the end, and she and Lottie played in the pool for about an hour, but Lilia refused to go back in.
After she had enough cuddles she decided she wanted to sit in a deck chair and watch chill out in the sun. So apologies for promising plenty of photos of Lilia in her pool and not delivering.. But I got one of her in the deck chair. That's okay, right? Ha ha!

James and I are going into town today, to pick up a birthday card for my Nan :) and for a nice little walk, to make the most of what will most probably be our only week of summer weather, ha ha. If you notice.. I said James and I. Yeah, he isn't in work. He quit. But that's another post for another day, when the weather is not so nice and all I can do is sit in the house and blog :P I will explain though, I promise!