Bubble, bubble, bubble with no trouble
Grace, 7, shows off some bubbles she caught. Photos by Kat Sheridan
Vera, 2.5, discovers a love of bubbles. 
Erin, 6.5, and Lily, 6, pose for a photo. 
Some kids enjoy the bubbles.
Amina Wheeler, 2, tries to blow a bubble.
Isabele Wheeler, 5, is so happy she caught a bubble. 
A child runs through the bubbles. 
A girl dances in a cloud of bubbles.
One girl has fun being surrounded by bubbles. 
Lincoln, 5, tries his best to blow the bubbles around. 
Dancing through the bubbles!
Jackson, 5, holds a bubble he caught.
A boy inspects some of the bubbles he caught.
Grace, 7, shows off some bubbles she caught. Photos by Kat Sheridan
Vera, 2.5, discovers a love of bubbles.
Erin, 6.5, and Lily, 6, pose for a photo.
Some kids enjoy the bubbles.
Amina Wheeler, 2, tries to blow a bubble.
Isabele Wheeler, 5, is so happy she caught a bubble.
A child runs through the bubbles.
A girl dances in a cloud of bubbles.
One girl has fun being surrounded by bubbles.
Lincoln, 5, tries his best to blow the bubbles around.
Dancing through the bubbles!
Jackson, 5, holds a bubble he caught.
A boy inspects some of the bubbles he caught.
There was something bubbling up at the Gleason Family YMCA on Saturday, Feb. 21 and it was actually bubbles! Kids ran around in the bubble corner near the pool, filling the air with, catching and popping bubbles all while enjoying the pool.
“With it having been such a snowy winter, I thought ‘Let’s do something now,’”said Danielle Gilmore, the aquatic director at the YMCA.
This is the second year that Gilmore has been having bubbles at the pool. She started it last year to encourage families with young children to visit, but discovered kids of all ages love the bubbles.
There were multiple ways to make bubbles; there were some bubble machines, wands the kids could use and a fan to place wands in front of to create a bubble cloud.
“They’re poppy and white and colorful,” said Lily, age 6. Her favorite part was catching the bubbles.
Music played and kids danced around, some ran back and forth between the bubble corner and the kiddie pool, others brought bubbles to show their friends and parents.
“[My favorite part] is how they look so bubbly,” said Erin, age 6 and a half.
Gilmore felt the bubble recipe was a success, and she wanted to share it so others could enjoy it as well. The bubbles consisted of Dawn Professional Detergent, baking powder, guar powder and rubbing alcohol mixed into water.
Overall, she felt the event was a success with lots of kids having bubbly fun.“Lot’s of happy kids, lots of smiles, lots of bubbles,” said Gilmore.
