This afternoon, around 430 PM, when it was 700 degrees outside, Big Girl started begging me to go in the pool.
Now, a quick explanation. We have a $6 swimming pool. From the grocery store. Holds about a tablespoon of water and basically just lets the kids splash themselves and squirt the dog.
So I filled the pool with water...tepid water from the hose, but at least the spot where the pool is has afternoon shade. Took 5 minutes to clean the pool out (dirt, leaves, etc., even though it was tipped on it's side!) and then another 5 to fill it.
Took 5 minutes to round up the kids' swimsuits and floaties (hey, gotta be safe in in a centimeter of water!) and then a combined 10 minutes to get the kids in their suits.
Turned them lose outside and drug a chair so I could supervise "poolside."
15 minutes later, they were done.
How's your math?
25 minutes to prep for something they were done with after 15.
But, oh! In those 15 minutes, they doused each other, the dog, their towels, me, and watered the dirt and cut firewood.
And I got a blood blister and a headache.
It's no wonder I have no interest in having a real pool in the backyard...we'd have to spend $40k and 3 months building something they'd lose interest in before it was finished filling.
Pool time? Uh, no!
Now, a quick explanation. We have a $6 swimming pool. From the grocery store. Holds about a tablespoon of water and basically just lets the kids splash themselves and squirt the dog.
So I filled the pool with water...tepid water from the hose, but at least the spot where the pool is has afternoon shade. Took 5 minutes to clean the pool out (dirt, leaves, etc., even though it was tipped on it's side!) and then another 5 to fill it.
Took 5 minutes to round up the kids' swimsuits and floaties (hey, gotta be safe in in a centimeter of water!) and then a combined 10 minutes to get the kids in their suits.
Turned them lose outside and drug a chair so I could supervise "poolside."
15 minutes later, they were done.
How's your math?
25 minutes to prep for something they were done with after 15.
But, oh! In those 15 minutes, they doused each other, the dog, their towels, me, and watered the dirt and cut firewood.
And I got a blood blister and a headache.
It's no wonder I have no interest in having a real pool in the backyard...we'd have to spend $40k and 3 months building something they'd lose interest in before it was finished filling.
Pool time? Uh, no!
