Baby makes three...

Now that we are East-siders, Julian, Peter and I are trying to check out some of the facilities in our new neighbourhood; we're getting to know the shops, the cool places to eat and the funky neighbourhoods. This weekend we decided to check out a community centre that has a large and newly renovated pool.

It is amazing. The place is like a waterpark, but the cost of entry for our whole family was just over $5! There's an enormous slide, a "lazy river", tonnes of little spraying gadgets and falling waters, a hose that small children can spray at unsuspecting swimmers (got hit a few times), a baby slide, and various depths from a few inches to several feet. You can do laps there too, but we didn't venture into the grown-up pool.

You also get an amazing view: one wall of the pool area is entirely glass overlooking a large grassy area and the mountains; the picture I took doesn't quite do it justice, and I wasn't able to reshoot since the lifeguard was a little skittish about us pointing our lens at anything other than Peter - privacy concerns. I guess some people don't want photos of them in their swimsuits on the Internet. Weird!

And one of the best features is the universal change room! Yes there are separate men's and women's for those who want to bare all, but there's also a place for families (it has small changing booths when you need to get nakkers) so Julian and I could deal with Peter together and share a locker.

Peter was a little overwhelmed when we first entered the pool; he had just woken from his nap and was a little upset when we tried to put him into the spray. But he soon got into the spirit of things and got quite excited as we took him on the slide, played "London Bridge" under falling water, got him to crawl to us across rubber floating mats, and generally had loads of fun.