Our second day of vacation was spent at the Palatine Park District's Birchwood Pool where I was a pool rat growing up and eventually a lifeguard and swim instructor.

This is Drew skydiving. Actually, he just jumped off the high dive and flying through the air on the way to the water...falling with style!

Will was content with taming the shark slide in the kiddie pool.

Drew and Will under the water umbrella, one of many water spraying apparatuses with which they had fun playing.

Aunt Donelda and her two oldest nephews Mark Spitz and Michael Phelps.

Landon was more hydrophobic than a lotus leaf. He didn't want anything to do with the water. Unfortunately, this was likely brought on by him not feeling well which only got worse later in the week.