Poolside At Bungalow'56 (Spoiled Children)

Since I'm still stranded without any operating systems on my computer
and I'm really wishing the snow on the ground would leave,
I figured it was time to haul one out of the archives...

It will always be one of my favourite posts.

Poolside At Bungalow'56

or the alternate title

Spoiled Children

It seemed everywhere I looked, (see here and here,) I was reading blogs about summer fun.

I found myself gazing at families splashing in the surf at their local beaches,
or yelling "Cannonball," as they flew into their backyard pools.
I was trying not to let the green monster of envy show it's ugly face around here,
but let me tell you, it was getting harder and harder with every blog post I read.

You see, this story started many years ago.

It had been my dream to have a pool ever since my early 20's

even before I had kids.  

I attended university on Vancouver Island in Victoria.  

I was fortunate enough to be near family. 

I would often enjoy some time on the weekends at my Aunt and Uncle's 

for a Sunday meal, and it was always much appreciated.

  

They had five children....and (being smart parents) they had a full size pool.

I watched as my younger cousins, and most of the neighbourhood kids, 

played all day swimming and splashing, and having a blast.

Ever since then, having a pool for my girls had been my dream.

My kids deserved it.  

I figured I deserved it. 

So this past Saturday, I decided we could wait no longer.  

My Frugal self, knew there was a way!

My kids were so thrilled, it brought a tear to my eye.

With a lump in my throat I watched them frolic in the water.

I could see they pretty much figured I was the coolest mom on the block.

I understood then what it felt like to be a superhero.

I was so cool, I even let them have a pool with bubbles.

They lounged and hung out in their pool.

It made me want to jump in with them.

Summer is the best time of year.

Especially.... with a swimming pool.

If that had been me, I wouldn't have wanted to leave the water until late evening.

They were disappointed I wouldn't let them jump off the trampoline into the pool,

but I explained you have to have a really deep one to be able to do something like that.

Sometimes though, I feel as though my kids are not very appreciative.

I didn't think it was too much to ask them to get a long
at least for an hour or two without arguing.

Why couldn't they just be happy?

I mean, they had a pool, for goodness sake?

I try my best, but it just never seems to be good enough.

They just never seem to "appreciate" how good they have it.

It was at this moment I realized... it was going to be a verrrry long summer.

Rubbermaid Pool or not...

     XO

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