Duct Tape is the Answer & Once Upon A Time...

This weekend was a scorcher so I brought out the pool. I got wise last summer and chucked the bigger expensive pool, and bought this $15 one that is easy to transport and fill. We used it all of twice before a crack appeared toward the bottom (where else?) of one side.

My dad's answer to every problem like this is duct tape, and you know what, call me a redneck but I've come to see the wisdom behind that. When my tail light broke in 1995, instead of paying the approx $125 to fix it, he slapped some duct tape on that puppy and it was as right as rain. Ever since then, I've been a convert! New screen door have a hole? Duct tape that spot. My broken car passenger side mirror--pay the dealer to fix it or wind a roll of duct tape around it? Yup, the duct tape wins out every time. Hence, the "patch" for the pool. It's worked so far, actually my uncle brought some really really hefty black tape and 2 pieces of that has held the water!

So all weekend L&L played in their pool with their gray shark and watering cans. At night now when I put them to bed, they want a couple of "real" books to be read but now I've starting telling them a "once upon a time" story after that. One of the real books is a series about these 2 twins who like to discover new things like painting, planting, baking, etc. One story is about planting a big sunflower that grew very tall just from a small seed. So this is the one I made up last night:

"Once upon a time, there were two little boys and they had a swimming pool. It was so hot that they had to wear hats to get into the pool so they wouldn't get burned. Well, one day they decided to bring their watering cans into the pool! They started filling these watering cans and pouring water on themselves AND each other! So you know what happened? They kept watering and watering. Then they started to grow really tall just like a sunflower. And then they were so tall from all the watering they were higher than the ceiling. The end."