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Water Days
When my parents lived for a short while in town, they stayed at an apartment complex that had a big and kinda amazing pool. All summer (and most of spring and fall, because it's Florida, natch) we'd go to their pool at least once a week, often more. I could take both kids on my bike, with all our pool stuff squished into a bag in front, because they were just up the road. So I was really bummed when they finally moved into their lake-side home, 40min away.
I'd been wondering what we were going to do for pool access going forward, since we don't have our own (and that is not something I ever want to deal with, knowing how much of a money- and time-sink pools are). Some of CG's friends have pools, but the easiest one to get to is small and kinda nasty (it's clear the HOA doesn't maintain it well) and the key almost never works. Plus, I end up having to take her friend and her friend's sibling, both of whom can't swim well, and so there's the added stress of one mama Kai and three kids, two of whom could drown at any moment. Not ideal.
There's also the city pools, the nearest of which was being renovated last summer. It's also within biking distance. So when I grabbed CG from school on Friday for a halfday with mama Kai, we decided to try it out. The city pool isn't free, which is part of the reason I hadn't been there yet, but after just an hour there we both decided it was worth every penny. It's huge and clean and everything is still nice because of the recent renovation. There's even a slide and a splashpad.
We went again yesterday, only to discover they close at 5pm on Saturday. T_T At least for the "spring," which I guess it still technically is. Fingers crossed their hours go later when the kids are out of school. I already promised CG we'd go at least weekly during summer. I love swimming and there's nothing like dunking into cold water when it's so fucking hot, as it's already been all of May (not normal but I guess this is our new normal). And CG needs to keep playing/practicing swimming, since so many parties and events in the summer in and around water. She's already had to catch up a lot compared to other FL kids, because most of us get tossed in the water when we're babies.
She asked me again yesterday when I'd learned to swim, and I had to remind her I was a FL child and we had a pool growing up. I can't remember exactly, just that my fourth bday party was a pool party and I was definitely swimming by then. Whereas for her at four, we had just moved to FL and her first experience simply being *in* a body of water had only been a few months before, when I held her and she "swam" in Lake Michigan. She's learned fast, though! Now I just need to start teaching her proper strokes.
Dad's birthday is today, which means the lake and even more swimming. It's a good thing I love it, because now that we've found the city pool, I suspect we'll be doing a lot more of it. 😂
I'd been wondering what we were going to do for pool access going forward, since we don't have our own (and that is not something I ever want to deal with, knowing how much of a money- and time-sink pools are). Some of CG's friends have pools, but the easiest one to get to is small and kinda nasty (it's clear the HOA doesn't maintain it well) and the key almost never works. Plus, I end up having to take her friend and her friend's sibling, both of whom can't swim well, and so there's the added stress of one mama Kai and three kids, two of whom could drown at any moment. Not ideal.
There's also the city pools, the nearest of which was being renovated last summer. It's also within biking distance. So when I grabbed CG from school on Friday for a halfday with mama Kai, we decided to try it out. The city pool isn't free, which is part of the reason I hadn't been there yet, but after just an hour there we both decided it was worth every penny. It's huge and clean and everything is still nice because of the recent renovation. There's even a slide and a splashpad.
We went again yesterday, only to discover they close at 5pm on Saturday. T_T At least for the "spring," which I guess it still technically is. Fingers crossed their hours go later when the kids are out of school. I already promised CG we'd go at least weekly during summer. I love swimming and there's nothing like dunking into cold water when it's so fucking hot, as it's already been all of May (not normal but I guess this is our new normal). And CG needs to keep playing/practicing swimming, since so many parties and events in the summer in and around water. She's already had to catch up a lot compared to other FL kids, because most of us get tossed in the water when we're babies.
She asked me again yesterday when I'd learned to swim, and I had to remind her I was a FL child and we had a pool growing up. I can't remember exactly, just that my fourth bday party was a pool party and I was definitely swimming by then. Whereas for her at four, we had just moved to FL and her first experience simply being *in* a body of water had only been a few months before, when I held her and she "swam" in Lake Michigan. She's learned fast, though! Now I just need to start teaching her proper strokes.
Dad's birthday is today, which means the lake and even more swimming. It's a good thing I love it, because now that we've found the city pool, I suspect we'll be doing a lot more of it. 😂