Jill Smokler, AKA Scary Mommy
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NYT bestselling author of Confessions of a Scary Mommy and Motherhood Comes Naturally (And Other Vicious Lies). Fond of curse words, sarcasm and Diet Coke.
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It’s bad enough to overhear your daughter comparing the “really cool pool with a huge slide and even a hot tub” that she has in her very own backyard to a friend’s country club pool.
It’s even worse when this is what she’s talking about:
Me thinks we may have more than a few disappointed playmates this summer.
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HAHA! This is sorta like when kids think that a really crappy hotel room is the coolest sleepover ever!
Mary Johnson’s last blog post..A Little Creepy
Only if said playmates have the worst imaginations ever.
A country club membership isn’t able to include that, no matter how hard anyone tries.
That is awesome! And look, you’re not even killing the grass!!
Texan Mama’s last blog post..I Envy You If…
Brilliant!
You’ve got to love Lily’s enthusiasm!
xxx
Daisie’s last blog post..A Quick Princess Update
Hey, I’d take a back yard pool over a stiff, snotty country-club pool any day!
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Looks pretty fun to me.
The Dental Maven’s last blog post..Texas Grillin’
Hysterical! I love how a kid’s perspective often changes our perspective. I must say that I agree with your daughter…that inflatable pool is the BEST!!!
Lynn from For Love or Funny’s last blog post..Lies, Lies, Lies
Your children are perfect…
I listened to my wonderful grandson in his toddler-speak tell his other grandmother who drives a cool Mercedes that his Gigi had the best car (Oh…this was painful) because mine had doors that open with the key chain when you hit the button!
And…he went on “You can watch movies in it!”
I drive a Dodge Caravan… I love that little boy!
My kids love those kind of playdates! Seriously, there is so much you can do with a blow up pool.
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you kidding me? Lily and Ben hardly look sad in these pics. They are beaming! Besides, you can’t do slip and slides with garbage bags at a country club. xo
Kid perspective. Wouldn’t it be nice if we all had it.
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Do country club’s even let kids in? ;)
I agree with a previous comment…you get major props for not even killing the grass!
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The pool is on the deck after a VERY muddy incident last week. You can imagine how bad it was if I couldn’t even take the time to photograph it— the combo of water, dirt and Ben is just a recipe for disaster.
And, yes, they’re happy with it. I can just envision what people are imagining though when Lily talks like that. But, hey, her pool isn’t bad and it even comes with pool-side dining and clean-up. And the chef is an expert grilled cheese maker. :)
Great photography! Looks like fun……kids + water = a blissful summer. Anyway that they can get it!
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My kids would love that. We just have the old school giant plastic one that you can only find at the really cheap stores now. It’s really sad when they drag the plastic Little Tikes slide over…
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Such cute happy pictures! Your kids are gorgeous. As you know. ;)
And so funny… well, hey – as long as your kids are happy and loving their ‘pool with slide’ you have nothing to worry about! Kids will have fun anywhere! One of my friends has a backyard that looks like a mini resort – pool with waterfall, 3 different patio table sections, hot tub, outdoor bar, etc.. .and when her kids come to our house, to play in our backyard that consists of sandbox and plastic pool – they LOVE it! They run around as if they’ve never seen toys before. So there ya go!
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All I can say is…. it looks like they are having a blast! And really that’s all that matters anyway!
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Isn’t it great how kids can be so happy with some of the smallest things?! They look like they were having a blast :)
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I, for one, would love to come play in your backyard!
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Oh my! That is too funny!
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Hey, I think that’s a totally cool pool and slide. Sometimes “kids-sized”stuff is cooler than the adult stuff.
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Ha! Our “pool” isn’t much better than that. But at least yours is up already, ours is still waiting all lonely in the garage.
Crystal’s last blog post..Proceed with Caution
I wish I still had that level of excitement!
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I saw one of these at Costco yesterday…got me thinking that it may be a good summer purchase!
swirl girl’s last blog post..The One In Which She is Real
That is hilarious. At least she doesn’t realize it is just a blow up pool. Right?
Bram was telling someone he has a HUGE pirate ship pool with a cannon and everything. And it is really just a $50 blow up pirate ship pool from Target. Bless him.
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That pool totally rocks.
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:-D I love how kids will love anything more as long as it’s really colorful and they can play with it freely. No lifeguard needed here, and they don’t have to stick to the shallow end ;-) We had one of those too, and Sarah always loved it. Now she goes to the pool every week with the school, so I figured she gets her share :-)
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can I share with you that I put one of those too. granted I didn’t get the blow up kind as I would pop it as soon as I sat my fat ass down in it (isn’t that a sight too, seeing my fat ass sitting in a kiddie pool), no I got the plastic one. and I have to say it’s awesome on those days when it’s 1000% humidity and 2000 degrees out. I’m in there like a hippo to mud baby. LOL!!
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Haven’t we all had this kind of pool? I mean….water is water!
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Hah cool.
This reminds me that I need to buy a pool. We had one but it blew away. Dang Wyoming winds. I still wonder to this day where the pool blew off to. For some reason in my my mind it flew on top of someone’s head and they happened to be recording at that very moment and it’ll wind up on America’s Funniest Home Videos and I can be all, “Hey! That’s MY pool that flew on your head!”
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hahahaha! My kids are happy if we take an adventure to the park… the backyard SWING!!! gotta love it!
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Children have such a different view of the world, don’t they…
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I like the way she thinks!
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I wanna play in it!
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as long as she’s happy!
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Awesome
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Water+Inflatables=Fun…right;)
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that is too sweet :) i love how kids see the world!
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Awww, too cute — kids are the best aren’t they?
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hahahaha!! that’s great!! nothin like a “country club pool” in your own back yard!
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That is soooo funny!! At least you know she is completely content with her pool and slide!! I had something similar when I was little until my brother decided to put his hedgehog in it. Lets just say it no longer was an inflatable pool :(. Your kids are adorable and your blog makes me smile!
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Nah, throw in a couple of ice pops and maybe even some Kool Aid, me thinks water and blow up toys make for a wonderful combination, always!
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Oh my gosh, that’s too awesome! Before we got our F150, all we had was our little Ford Ranger. (No, really, when you look it up on urban dictionary, one of the definitions is “The Ultimate Mini Truck.”) My oldest, Anaya, thought it was the hugest thing ever. She would always tell people, “I’m going to ride in the big truck! We have a big truck! You should come see our big truck!” The day we got our F150, she looked at it, then looked at the Ranger (husband’s truck), looked at Daddy, “Daddy, you have a little truck. *Mommy’s* got the big truck now.”
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