SWIMMING

During the summer we enjoy taking the kids to the community pool. I remember spending long days at the pool as a kid and it is one of my favorite memories from childhood. Playing at the pool as a family is lots of fun, and it also helps to tucker out the little ones for a nap. All my kids love the water and so do I, so it's a perfect activity to fill these long summer days. 

There is only one problem, our local pool isn't really cheap. It is $4.00 per person over 1 yr of age to get in, which makes it $16.00 per day for our family to get in. So if we go 2 times a week, that is $128.00 a month, add gas and the cost jumps to $168.00 per month. Seasons passes sound like a great plan to me, but wait they don't offer anything like that at the swim complex. 

We could get Mon-Thur season passes to the nearest water-park for $39.99 per person, that's only $160.00 for the whole season for the family. The problem, the water-park is nearly and hour away and the community pool is only 20 minutes away. What happened to easy summer days lounging at the pool, that didn't cost you and arm and a leg to enjoy? 

Oh the challenges of being an adult who has to weigh the financial circumstances before getting enjoy fun activities. Somehow this family will get to enjoy lazy summer days by the pool, this I am sure of. 

I already miss this deck at our old house, where the kids could hangout in their baby pool. :( The new house just has a concrete patio which is surrounded by granite rock terrain, which is prime snake territory.