SUMMER SWIMMING

I was asking one of my son's about when they were younger.  I asked if I let them play with their friends every day.  He said, "yes, we just had to make sure our chores were done before we played."  Then he reminded me that we let them go swimming every day.  We bought a season family pass and only lived 3 blocks from the pool, so they could walk.  I hadn't thought about that for a long time, but they did swim every day from 1 p.m. until the pool closed in the afternoon.   Actually it wasn't all day to begin with because they always got sunburned if they stayed in the water too long at the beginning of the swimming season.  In fact I wish I had a photo of Jeff's face plastered with Zinc Oxide.  He didn't mind wearing it if he could go swimming.  All three of the kids got swimmer's ear.  We finally got wise and put drops in their ears before or after swimming each day.  Swimming paid off for them, because by the time they were old enough all three of them were lifeguards.

And the tradition goes on with the grandchildren.  This is Wil and Serina Hutchins swimming at our friends pool.  What fun!