What $10 Will Buy (at the End of August)

Last week, while cleaning our inflatable backyard pool, I accidentally broke a hole in the bottom, which sent me on an errand to find some sort of kit to patch the hole. Unfortunately, I didn't find a patch kit. Fortunately, I did find a much bigger pool on the end-of-summer clearance rack. So now the kids can all fit in the pool and there's still room to move! I did have some difficulty getting this thing blown up. After struggling with a little handheld pump all afternoon, Matt came home and showed me how our shop vac could do the same job in about a minute...just love it when that happens! It was all worth it, though, as the kids think this pool is paradise...and I'm the nicest Mommy ever for getting it!