Pool Fun

The best $8 investment in my recent memory is the inflatable pool I bought at Dollar General recently. Getting my son in the pool is no problem as he has really come to like being the water. Yesterday in our less than exciting Fourth of July celebrating, we decided to have pool time. This pool is round and probably five feet in diameter. So amuse yourselves with visions of two grown adults and an infant in a tiny pool of water.

Now that you've quelled your laughter, I'll continue. With our young son, we didn't make any plans for the Fourth. Although I was very tempted to return to the campus of Western Kentucky University (go TOPS!) for their shindig featuring the Bowling Green Chamber Orchestra. But since it was a weeknight and our son goes to bed before dark, I was outvoted by common sense.

So I got a touch of cabin fever yesterday and decided to have our pool party. I brought a radio outside and we took towels and all as if we were going for a day at the beach. I guess this was done for my amusement. But the real fun is watching my son in the water. I "taught" him how to do a cannonball by holding his legs up against his chest and splashing him down in the water. I leaned him back so his head touched the water, but he didn't care for that much.

Mostly he just giggles at us giggling at him. His laughter is as infectious as the common cold. And I guess ours is to him as well. Anyway, my advice for this post is to invest in a pool.