Cindy Mardenfeld
Beach and pool season means extra precautions are in order. Here are tips from safety experts to protect children near water:
Maintain constant visual contact. No reading, glancing at Facebook or reviewing a report.
With children younger than 5, use "touch supervision": stay within an arm's length at all times.
Actively supervise children, even if lifeguards are present.
Don't trust a child's well-being to another child.
Rotate supervisor duty, wearing and then passing on "water watcher" tags or badges.
Check the water first if a child is missing.
Give children and caregivers swimming lessons.
Make sure caregivers know CPR and water-rescue techniques.
Install fencing at least 4 feet high around the pool with self-closing, self-latching gates.
Have rescue equipment -- life rings, shepherd's hooks, life jackets -- close at hand and know how to use them.
Keep a phone close by in case you need to in an emergency.
Install alarms on gates and alarms on the pool.
Put on your children wearable water safety sensor.
Noodle Beverage Boat
Plastic Container
New Pool Noodle
Measuring Tape
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Homemade Slushies
Ingredients:
2 cups Ice Water {1½ cups cold water in a measuring cup & fill with ice}
⅔ cup Sugar
4 cups Ice
2 packets of Kool-Aid type flavoring, any flavor {use 1 packet if you don't add Ice Cream}
2 scoops Vanilla Ice Cream
Frozen Watermelon Daiquiri
8 cups frozen watermelon chunks
¾ cup light rum
6 tablespoons lime juice (about 2-3 limes)
6 teaspoons sugar
Blue Lagoon Drink
Vodka 2 oz.
Blue Curacao 1 oz.
Lemonade
Ice
Cherry for garnish
