a comprehensive list of the things i learned at the baby pool:

-mom’s arms are safe

-plug your nose when you go underwater

-sharing toys leads to making friends

-don’t run, the lifeguard will yell at you

-going down the baby slide backwards is a bad idea

-if you smile at the lifeguards, they will smile back

-kids change a lot over thirteen years 

-baby pools do not

-the baby pool is empty most of the time

-walking in circles makes the shift go by faster

-lifeguarding is boring

-i don’t fare well alone with my thoughts

-kids don’t have to think

-kids are really weird

-kids make friends a lot faster than teenagers

-kids like to run 

-kids don’t listen to lifeguards

-kids fall on their faces when they don’t listen to lifeguards

-then they get right back up

-happy memories are important

-kids graduate from the baby pool fast

-kids grow up fast 

-dancing in the empty baby pool is ok

-16 is not too old to go down the baby slide

-kids like smiling

-always smile back