Summer fun and consequences!!

We have had some really good summer fun already this summer. While we have our neighborhood pool just down the street there are times when the kids want to swim, swim, swim and I have things I need to do. Luckily McKinley remembered about our slip-n-slide we had from last year and she pulled that out. The kids had a great time keeping cool on the slide and making new creations of waterslides and boats with other various items in the yard. Entertainment for a few hours!!

While we were all at home playing last week, Austin was at a soccer camp in the mornings and a friends house each day after. One of the days he went to a friend's pool and thought he wouldn't need sunscreen. I guess he thought it was later in the season when he doesn't need it as much (but you always need sunscreen!!) and he was out way too long in the sun. This is what he was sporting the next morning after a fitfull night's rest:

They were on both sides and they grew to the whole area you can see there of blisters. Truly awefull!! I think Austin will remember this lesson in sunscreen for quite some time.

So it's fun to play in the water, but there are consequences for not using sunscreen! A new life lesson.