Water Day

Today was one of Zozer's favorite days at school: Water Day.  The teachers get out hoses and sprinklers and the kids go crazy.  I worried they wouldn't be able to do it this morning because it was so chilly, but I forgot that kids are typically, for the most part, impervious to temperature when there's something they want to do badly.

It reminds me of a couple old family stories.  My in-laws took my husband and his brother out west on vacation one year when they were children, and they passed a water park.  Steve (my BIL) desperately wanted to go to the water park despite the fact that people wearing parkas due to the temperature.  He didn't understand why they couldn't just go for a little bit.

Then there's our cousin Dan, who asked his mom if he could swimming when it was similarly frigid.  His solution?  "I'll just wear a sweater in the pool."

Zozer had her water day after all, sans sweater and parka, and had a blast.