First one in the pool!

For as long as I can remember, there has been a little contest for bragging rights within our family over who is the "first one in the pool". Each year, as we helped take the winter cover off the pool, Grandma, Grandpa and our parents would watch us to make sure no one jumped into the freezing water. Typically within a few weeks after the cover was removed, the pool was proclaimed "officially open" and we'd venture into the 70 degree water. Sure it was cold, but hey, a kid wants the honor of being the first one in the pool!

This year, the honor goes to my youngest nephew Kyle, who was reaching for a toy in the pool, lost his balance, and made his claim as "first one in the pool" by sliding right into the deep end clothes and all. I was a close "second in the pool" as I jumped in to get him out of the water, as he's still learning to swim. Let me just say, with all the cold weather and rain we've had the past six or seven days, that waters was @#$)^&* FREEZIN!