Summer has arrived!

The official start of summer at our house is not marked on the calendar by a date or determined by the weather, it officially starts when we put up the pool.

This year it was a bit chilly outside when we started, and the next day when it was finally full. So to keep the kids from bugging me about swimming we had a chat about hypothermia. It went like this:
Kids: Can we go swimming?
Mom: Kind of cold outside, don't ya' think?
Kids: No, can we go swimming?
Mom: Ask you dad
Kids: He said ask mom
Mom: Do you want to get sick?
Kids: We don't care
Mom: Have you heard of hypothermia?
**kids having discussion between themselves**
Kids: Yes, can you die from it?
Mom: Sometimes
Kids: Can we go swimming?
Mom: You might get hypothermia
Kids: Will we die?
(I know this next part is wrong, but hey it worked)
Mom: You might, you'll just have to try it out to see
Kids: We're gonna go play with our DS
Mom: silent and smirking but no longer being bugged by small children to swim in the freezing cold water
~~~~Cut to June 27, 85 degrees outside~~~~