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Something in the Water

Let's be real.  There is very little relaxation going on when we take our children to the pool.  Sure, it sounds like a nice idea.  Lying in the lawn chair, sipping a cold drink, all while enjoying my latest read; it doesn't get much better than that!   Then  we get there and I realize, THERE IS SOMETHING IN THE WATER! After I have lathered everyone up with sunscreen, set up the pools chairs, and wrangled the pool floaties blowing away, I am ready to relax!  That's funny, because as soon as my kids hear me exhale, I swear they can actually hear it, they start in with the, "Mom, watch me! Watch me!"  I spend the next thirty-minutes watching them jump in the pool no less than 300 times.  I have seen them go forwards, backwards, side-ways, eyes closed, tongue out, left arm up, right arm up, elbows out, elbows in... the possibilities are endless.  Believe me.  ENDLESS. After the "show" is over, it looks like I will finally get to...