It has more to do with the fact that my kids have never been to the beach. Or even to a real pool. Now I don't feel exactly guilty about this, ok, I sorta do. It's just that a day trip to the beach with two infants, or two toddlers and a giant sick pregnant belly, or three toddlers... it just sounds like a lot more trouble than it's worth. And Dan's #2 job requires that we be around for much of the summer, and Dan hates the beach, so a little vacay for him is not going to be beachy, most likely. But I would like for them to see the ocean. It's wrapped up in my childhood, although, I never actually went there with my own family. I guess there's still plenty of time... I just don't want them to be afraid of it.
And the pool, thing, well, that's just the way things have worked out. We don't have a pool, belong to a pool, or have any friends that have a pool, at least that I am aware of. But a pool? Now there's something Dan loves, and we need to at least get ourselves to a pool this summer.
So, I suppose it's just all this hotness and humidity over the weekend that has me panicking about my children's exposure to large bodies of water. I guess it isn't really ruing their childhood or anything; there are plenty of landlocked places where kids grow up never actually having seen the ocean. I have, I admit, pitied those children in the past, but now I will tell myself that they still have quality childhood memories, and most likely swam in lakes (no, my kids have never been to a lake, either!).
In other news, all this warmness has put us into the time where little 3 year old girls wear sun-dresses, and I really can't stand it because their shoulder blades are so cute!!! Although, I really also enjoy jeans and a cardigan with a sun-dress, at least on a very small girl... so I miss the cool spring like crazy already. I really don't do very well in the damp heat. I feel very claustrophobic, and gross, and I love air conditioning so much... but at the beach, none of that matters!
2 comments:
Okay, I have to admit that the first confessional sentence is somewhat intriguing...
And the beach. I LOVE the beach--I have many wonderful memories of the beach and my family recreates them--as well as creates new ones!--every summer. But I am sure there are many other lovely places to take your kiddos too; basically, wherever you guys are together and having fun will be a great memory, no matter what the background, I think:)
Oh, the first sentence was Usher... I always title these posts, and inevitably a song comes to mind. I'm sure it confused a number of people.
And I agree about the memories... we're working on it!
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