As the curfew has been moved up and up over the last few weeks and the pools remained closed, the temperature has been slowly creeping up and we are now hitting daily temps of 100-103 degrees. It’s a great time to be in the inflatable pool business as I have seen pools of various shapes, sizes and depths popping up in every single backyard around the compound. I’ve also seen several families buy a modest-sized pool, and then within days post it on the sales chat to upgrade for a larger model. Several families even have a semi-permanent situation now - complete with pool pump and chlorine! After springing a leak in our first inflatable pool, Justin quickly upgraded us to a tarp-lined model and we bought a second cheap inflatable pool to keep as an emergency backup! Although H isn’t much into swimming per se, he does enjoy standing in the middle of the pool and playing with the hose, discreetly sneaking drinks from it every once in a while when he thinks we aren’t looking.
Basketball hoops are also a top item in the summer quarantine survival kit and I’ve seen about half a dozen adult-sized hoops go up around the neighborhood. So H also has a mini-hoop currently sitting in our living room. Justin has been trying to get him to work on his jump shot lately and progress is slow but coming.
When we were afraid that we were going to be cut off soon from delivery
services as well, we did a panic order on Amazon to stock up on toys and activities to keep the little sir busy. Puzzles, wooden toy cars, a magnetic fishing game, a play kitchen, and a teepee are among our latest additions and we have dedicated a corner of the living room to a play area for him. It seems that we got our order just in time because Amazon is no longer delivering to Saudi and even local carriers like Souq are now estimating delivery times of 30 business days.
So we’ve set up our play areas and our swimming pool and we are ready to stay hunkered down until things clear up.
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