16 May

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Use Your Noodle: Pool Noodle Backyard Games

From Parents.com

Three easy ways to turn inexpensive pool noodles into awesome backyard toys.

Parents are always looking for DIY ways to create fun for their kids.  During the summer, parents look for ways to keep their kids active, and outdoors.  This post from Parents.com presents three unique DIY games that parents can create for their kids' outdoor fun utilizing swimming pool noodles.  This proves once and for all that the pool noodle isn't just for pools anymore.

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15 Apr

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GAMES & SAFETY

POOL GAMES

From Swimmingpool.com

Let's face it:  Everyone loves to play games while in the swimming pool.  Why do you think kids invented the game called Marco Polo?  Utilizing zero props, requiring only a swimming pool and unbridled enthusiasm, Marco Polo illustrates perfectly the human desire to play games while swimming.  This post from Swimming Pool.com provides an exhaustive compendium of swimming pool games, along with a link to get an explanation of how to play.  Use the guide for some great ideas around the swimming pool this summer!

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04 Jun

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Mesmerizing High-Speed Photos Capture People Barreling out of a Water Slide

From My Modern Met

Many people who are contemplating the installation of an inground swimming pool and also have young children are usually faced with a crucial decision:  Should I include a diving board or a water slide?  While the pros and cons of the diving board are debated ad naseum online and in other forums, the waterslide is usually revered for its consistent ability to deliver unadulterated fun to young and old.  Nowhere is this pure joy captured better than in the photos depicted in this post from My Modern Net.  Using High-Speed Photography, these images capture the very moment that people are ejected from a full flume waterslide into the water.  If you were to try and describe the joys of owning an inground swimming pool, you would be hard pressed to to it any better than these images.

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