Are we the only family on DCUM that doesn't belong to a pool?

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Anonymous wrote:Me too OP! I'm just not into the pool. I enjoyed it as a child, and I'm sure I will get flamed or whatever but hanging out in the sun for hours at a time is different now. There are plenty of other things to do in the summer. Now admittedly, we work and our kids are in daycare, but we just got a nanny and it's possible that next summer the pool will be a good idea for them. So I may join, but I don't think it's an absolute. I do want my kids to learn how to swim though, but was thinking they would do that at lessons through the county rec centers, the Y, camps etc.

What do you do on the weekends with your kids?

Nobody seems to really have answered that question. Someone said they go to museums and stuff, but every weekend that seems like a lot of effort! Someone else said they play outside in the heat, but I can't imagine doing that for long in a typical DC summer either (this summer is an exception). I wonder if many of the anti-pool posters have either full-time daycare and/or very young children who can be easily occupied in the house for long periods of time. Mine are 4 and 7 and honestly if we didn't have the pool I don't know what we would do all summer!

I can see not belonging when you have kids who take that long, 2 - 3 hour afternoon nap, but once they're done napping, I can't see how to fill that time well.

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Will you pay the guest fee for your daughter to go? We pay for each friend to go once; if we invite the same friend more than once, we ask the parents to pay the guest fee.

sure, I don't mind that at all. As I said, she hasn't really been invited yet. We have had a few families mention it to us, but no one follows through on nailing down a day/time. I don't remember being asked to go until a little later on in elementary school, anyway.

We're also hoping her grandparents get a house with a pool soon so we can ship her to camp grandma for a couple weeks every summer in the future.

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We join a hotel pool in DC for $300 for the summer. It is a short drive from our house. We mainly go there on evenings after camp - probably once a week. Also when we have family in town, they will take my kids to the pool.

It has definitely solidified my kids' swimming. A lot of people we know go there. It's safe, so I feel comfortable with my purse and phone on the chairs. There is a snack bar. We use city pools too - we mix it up. My DH has bad asthma and can't do indoor pools - it makes him sick.

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Anonymous wrote:Me too OP! I'm just not into the pool. I enjoyed it as a child, and I'm sure I will get flamed or whatever but hanging out in the sun for hours at a time is different now. There are plenty of other things to do in the summer. Now admittedly, we work and our kids are in daycare, but we just got a nanny and it's possible that next summer the pool will be a good idea for them. So I may join, but I don't think it's an absolute. I do want my kids to learn how to swim though, but was thinking they would do that at lessons through the county rec centers, the Y, camps etc.

What do you do on the weekends with your kids?

Nobody seems to really have answered that question. Someone said they go to museums and stuff, but every weekend that seems like a lot of effort! Someone else said they play outside in the heat, but I can't imagine doing that for long in a typical DC summer either (this summer is an exception). I wonder if many of the anti-pool posters have either full-time daycare and/or very young children who can be easily occupied in the house for long periods of time. Mine are 4 and 7 and honestly if we didn't have the pool I don't know what we would do all summer!

I can see not belonging when you have kids who take that long, 2 - 3 hour afternoon nap, but once they're done napping, I can't see how to fill that time well.

How do you fill it in the winter when the pool is closed? Couldn't you do many of those same things on summer weekends when the weather is ultra-hot?

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Anonymous wrote:We join a hotel pool in DC for $300 for the summer. It is a short drive from our house. We mainly go there on evenings after camp - probably once a week. Also when we have family in town, they will take my kids to the pool.

It has definitely solidified my kids' swimming. A lot of people we know go there. It's safe, so I feel comfortable with my purse and phone on the chairs. There is a snack bar. We use city pools too - we mix it up. My DH has bad asthma and can't do indoor pools - it makes him sick.

see, for $300, I would do that - Wish that were an option in the burbs. Anyone know of a place that is THAT cheap in the burbs for a summer pool membership? $500 for the summer seems to be the absolute best you can do in Fairfax.

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Anonymous wrote:Me too OP! I'm just not into the pool. I enjoyed it as a child, and I'm sure I will get flamed or whatever but hanging out in the sun for hours at a time is different now. There are plenty of other things to do in the summer. Now admittedly, we work and our kids are in daycare, but we just got a nanny and it's possible that next summer the pool will be a good idea for them. So I may join, but I don't think it's an absolute. I do want my kids to learn how to swim though, but was thinking they would do that at lessons through the county rec centers, the Y, camps etc.

What do you do on the weekends with your kids?

Nobody seems to really have answered that question. Someone said they go to museums and stuff, but every weekend that seems like a lot of effort! Someone else said they play outside in the heat, but I can't imagine doing that for long in a typical DC summer either (this summer is an exception). I wonder if many of the anti-pool posters have either full-time daycare and/or very young children who can be easily occupied in the house for long periods of time. Mine are 4 and 7 and honestly if we didn't have the pool I don't know what we would do all summer!

Mine are 6 and 8. We spent every day at the pool for swim team. After that ended in July we did camps and took a vacation. If we are at home, we are at the pool. It's 2 minutes away. The kids meet up with friends there and have the afternoon to play and swim. Joining a pool is no brainer in this area. I don't know why you would not join one unless your not into swimming. However, it is very important your children learn to swim and learn water safety. Otherwise, just never go near any water of any kind.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Me too OP! I'm just not into the pool. I enjoyed it as a child, and I'm sure I will get flamed or whatever but hanging out in the sun for hours at a time is different now. There are plenty of other things to do in the summer. Now admittedly, we work and our kids are in daycare, but we just got a nanny and it's possible that next summer the pool will be a good idea for them. So I may join, but I don't think it's an absolute. I do want my kids to learn how to swim though, but was thinking they would do that at lessons through the county rec centers, the Y, camps etc.

What do you do on the weekends with your kids?

Nobody seems to really have answered that question. Someone said they go to museums and stuff, but every weekend that seems like a lot of effort! Someone else said they play outside in the heat, but I can't imagine doing that for long in a typical DC summer either (this summer is an exception). I wonder if many of the anti-pool posters have either full-time daycare and/or very young children who can be easily occupied in the house for long periods of time. Mine are 4 and 7 and honestly if we didn't have the pool I don't know what we would do all summer!

I can see not belonging when you have kids who take that long, 2 - 3 hour afternoon nap, but once they're done napping, I can't see how to fill that time well.

How do you fill it in the winter when the pool is closed? Couldn't you do many of those same things on summer weekends when the weather is ultra-hot?

It's a lot more work when the pool is closed.

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Anonymous wrote:We join a hotel pool in DC for $300 for the summer. It is a short drive from our house. We mainly go there on evenings after camp - probably once a week. Also when we have family in town, they will take my kids to the pool.

It has definitely solidified my kids' swimming. A lot of people we know go there. It's safe, so I feel comfortable with my purse and phone on the chairs. There is a snack bar. We use city pools too - we mix it up. My DH has bad asthma and can't do indoor pools - it makes him sick.

see, for $300, I would do that - Wish that were an option in the burbs. Anyone know of a place that is THAT cheap in the burbs for a summer pool membership? $500 for the summer seems to be the absolute best you can do in Fairfax.

Fairfax Swimming Pool - $475 first year - drops to $400 after the first year.