The Pool

Stephan had to work a on a Saturday and it was a very hot day, so I decided that I would go and get the kids a pool to play in. So I loaded the three of them up on the van and took off to Walmart, this really was the first really hot day of the season so it was the first time I used the ac in the van since we got it in October. Hmmmm.......shouldn't it be blowing cold air? I guess it is not working, but no matter the Walmart is just down the road, we can put our windows down and sweat it out, we did sweat, everyone had bright red cheeks. When we got out of the car at Walmart we walked up to the garden center and there was a man there who told us that Walmart was closed. Walmart closed at 10am on a Saturday? That is unheard of! But a water pipe was broken inside and they did not know how long it would be closed. I looked down at two little faces that said, "what about our pool?". So we loaded back up and decided to drive to the other walmart 20 mins away, I felt so committed to this by now. That Walmart was open and we are looking at pools, the little one looked like it could really only fit Miles and Lucy in it, and since we often have other little ones at our house we decided to go with the big one. So off we walk to the car, River sleeping in her carrier in one hand and me having to hold this pool with the other arm extended straight up into the air so it would not drag on the ground, all the while herding the other two to the car. Then we got to the car.......did I even think about having to put this big pool into my van with three car seats. The answer is most defiantly no, but I was so committed at this point, so I pushed and pulled and got that pool in. It did block what ever bit of warm air was blowing out of the vents, but in the end I told them they were camping in the car. We made it home and the pool has provided many hours of fun since:) The ac was fixed the next week! Well worth the adventure.