#SOBDads Pool Times

#SOBDads Pool Times

9 dads, 1 single man (what?), and 16 kiddos showed up for the first #SOBDads Pool Times. Before the pool fun could start, a workout had to be executed to make it true F3 style.

Here’s how the workout went down:
1) Disclaimer: water dangers, pool floor will mess up some toesies, no lifeguard, yada yada yada I imagine the 2.0’s were hearing something like the Peanuts teacher voice at this point.
2) Enough of that, we moved to the field and Danica led us through the playground (Dads too).
3) Converge at the bench, Tiny Dancer lead us through a second round. This time Dads opted out.
4) Once everyone finished, time for a lap around the park complete with dangerous rocky crossings and such.
5) Come back to the grassy field for a COP. SSH x 10, Good Morning x 10, IW x 10, and kiddy curls x 5 (way harder than it sounds)
6) Circle up shoulder-to-shoulder and sit down. A bucket of ice water is moved conspicuously toward the outer extent of the circle. YHC begins the instructional for a game called drip, drip, dunk. It is much like duck, duck, goose except for a cup of ice cold water is dripped, dripped, and … you guessed it emptied on the unlucky person. A game of chase ensues and the next person gets a chance to drip. This continued for some time ensuring everyone had a chance to be shocked by the cold water.
7) It was then time for the kids dreams to be realized. The dads lined up on one side and the kids on the other. One at a time, the kids got a cup full of water and could choose their victim from the line of dads. The 2.0’s were very inventive in their methods of inflicting chills to the dads. Funny stuff.
8) It was then time to practice for the NFL Play 60 coming up on July 23. We set up cones in 2 stations for the kids to run a quick post route and catch a football thrown by the dads.
9) The next football inspired station was a chalk obstacle course. Many were timed but YHC was not able to discern the winner due to lolly gagging with snacks in the shade.
10) Once everyone had their fill of the football stations, it was break time until the pool opened. There were waters and snacks available and a shady tree to hang out under. It was a nice break.
11) Boom! 10:00 hit and it was pool time! Everyone filed in and fun was under way.

The Moleskine:
– Mad props go out to Mario who, not having a kid, still showed up and had a great time with us dads. The man is awesome. YHC still hates you due to your young leg tendons, but mad respect at the same time. He even showed up on his motorcycle which is also pretty cool.
– Thanks go out to Thin Mint who contributed a large box of snacks to the festivities which featured flavor blasted goldfish for goodness sake. Flavor blasted! Needless to say, they were a big hit. Thanks!
– Thank you to all the dads who came out today and have come out to F3 Dads so far this summer. I know it means a lot to our kids. Even though the 2.0’s may sometimes pretend it’s not “cool”, they dig it. Thanks for being great dads!

Next week’s #SOBDads is at the Bull Ring. Q is either Tolkien, Wild Turkey, or Muppet. I am getting mixed reports. Regardless, prepare for fun and show up at the Bulls at 9:00 am on Saturday!