Today we went to a pool located just a short 10 minute drive away. The weather is already getting iffy, with many cooler days, so we wanted to get in a nice swim day before it was too late.
I had been to the Bad Soden Freibad one other time with my friend Kathy and one issue I had concerned what swim diapers were required. Rebecca has been fully potty trained for months now, but most pools in America require one type of swim diaper or another up to the age of 4. Was there a certain type of swim diaper required and would I need to buy it there? My worries were a moot point when I got my first look at the baby pool. There were several toddlers in the baby pool with no diapers at all, no swimsuits for that matter either.
We spent several hours at the pool that day and at one point my friend Kathy said, "Take a look around. Do you notice anything strange? There's not a lifeguard in sight." And she was right, there were no lifeguard perches and no one walking around you could readily identify as a lifeguard. What a difference from our outdoor YMCA pool back in Alpharetta that had at least 8 life guards on duty at a time, and that pool complex was 1/2 the size of this one.
Today was on the chilly side, the complex was pretty empty and there were two fellows who seemed to be lifeguards patrolling the pool and other areas. The kids were happy that there was no line for going down this awesome slide. Some other boys around James' age joined them and we noticed something odd going on at the base of the slide when they would finish. They would pull up their swim trunks. Was the slide that strong that it would pull down their suits? But then we realized what was going on. At the top of the slide, the boys would pull down the backs of their trunks. Their bare bums would make them zoom down the slide at lightening speed. After a while, some of the boys didn't even bother pulling their suits back up for the quick trip back up the stairs. There were bums everywhere! And you know my kids -- one of them, who shall remain nameless, just had to try this sliding technique and confirmed that bare was better!
Today we went to a pool located just a short 10 minute drive away. The weather is already getting iffy, with many cooler days, so we wanted to get in a nice swim day before it was too late.
I had been to the Bad Soden Freibad one other time with my friend Kathy and one issue I had concerned what swim diapers were required. Rebecca has been fully potty trained for months now, but most pools in America require one type of swim diaper or another up to the age of 4. Was there a certain type of swim diaper required and would I need to buy it there? My worries were a moot point when I got my first look at the baby pool. There were several toddlers in the baby pool with no diapers at all, no swimsuits for that matter either.
We spent several hours at the pool that day and at one point my friend Kathy said, "Take a look around. Do you notice anything strange? There's not a lifeguard in sight." And she was right, there were no lifeguard perches and no one walking around you could readily identify as a lifeguard. What a difference from our outdoor YMCA pool back in Alpharetta that had at least 8 life guards on duty at a time, and that pool complex was 1/2 the size of this one.
Today was on the chilly side, the complex was pretty empty and there were two fellows who seemed to be lifeguards patrolling the pool and other areas. The kids were happy that there was no line for going down this awesome slide. Some other boys around James' age joined them and we noticed something odd going on at the base of the slide when they would finish. They would pull up their swim trunks. Was the slide that strong that it would pull down their suits? But then we realized what was going on. At the top of the slide, the boys would pull down the backs of their trunks. Their bare bums would make them zoom down the slide at lightening speed. After a while, some of the boys didn't even bother pulling their suits back up for the quick trip back up the stairs. There were bums everywhere! And you know my kids -- one of them, who shall remain nameless, just had to try this sliding technique and confirmed that bare was better!
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