Re: CYA in indoor pool
Thanks for many practical suggestions ! The idea of extra strength hangers is a good one. Some of those dresses will be very heavy when they're soaked. I know that at least some of the girls have dresses that have several layers and some of them have heavy materials as well. Others are really light ones and I think some will have simpler dresses as well. Usually at her school there is quite a spread in what they will wear, from quite simple dresses that are probably wash and wear anyhow to really sophisticated fancy ones that look like they're from some extremely formal event. I hope that the weather will be such that things dry reasonably quickly and there's a good chance for that. That way they won't bring a bucketful of water with them upon going home...
As for shoes my guess would be that at least some of them may want to wear them at least for the dance part. I know myself that if I'm at a formal function where I'm wearing a long gown and high heels I pretty much need to keep them on, as my dress will have the length to fit that and if I take them off I will be stepping on my dress all the time. I know that some of them,like my daughter (the one going to prom now I mean) will have really high heels so that could be an issue. I think it's very different with different girls there - some hardly ever wear heels and will get sore feet pretty soon and ditch their shoes, others are used to wearing high heels and won't have a problem with it. When it comes to jumping in with their high heels on, well I think I'll leave that up to them. Our pool is safe even with extreme stilletos, as it's a concrete pool. My guess is that most of them will take their shoes off first, some may want to keep them on, and some may get pushed in or so without having a chance of taking them off (has happened to me at some poolside parties...). With regard to jewellry I think I'll pass on the warning to them to check what they've got on and take it off if they're in any doubt that it can handle it. It also saves me the job of trying to retrieve small things like that. But I won't be standing there checking exactly what they've on or not so the final choice will be up to them. The number one rule for the pool and one that I will do my best to enforce is that there's no diving. Our pool is too shallow for that to be safe and that's clearly a safety issue.
Clear garbage bags for going home is a good suggestion as well. I'd already thought of the bags, but not of the fact that clear bags makes it easier to see that they're all bringing home their own clothes and not someone elses. Thanks !
The camera thing that you mentioned, well we do have a security camera in the room, but that one has really low resolution, it won't give any good pictures as such. We put it in years ago when the kids were really young to watch that they wouldn't get in there on their own. The rule back then was to keep the pool room locked, but if someone would forget that it was an extra safeguard to be able to watch the pool room from a couple of other places in the house. Today all are kids are good swimmers so that is no problem.
Yeah they have been told to bring an onvernight bag. I surely don't think that they want to go home in their wet stuff (though that's what I had to do when we went to the beach after prom..
). We plan on letting them rest a bit if they need it, then we'll serve them breakfast, and after that most of them will be picked up by their parents.
You mentioned that you liked the idea of a "trash the dress" event. Well, this one comes close to that in a way, though here the intention is not to ruin their dresses, more to let them have fun in them. I realize that there may be some dresses that get ruined, but that happens at every prom event, pool or no pool. They will manage to step on them, rip them, spill something on them and so on. But I think most of the dresses will survive the event ok. As for the "trash the dress" concept, I like the idea when they do it in a nice and fun way, using their dresses for having fun, but I'm not so fond of those where they make it a point that they have to ruin the dress, like where they cut it up or rip it apart on purpose or like that. I know some who have had "trash the dress" sessions, most of them just got wet and some of them got beautiful pictures, and I know one bride who had a fun food fight with her husband. But ripping them apart seems pretty meaningless and won't give any nice pictures either. One exception though: one of my nieces had her wedding dress ripped to pieces, by her husband, as part of their wedding night...but that's a whole different story...
Thanks for many practical suggestions ! The idea of extra strength hangers is a good one. Some of those dresses will be very heavy when they're soaked. I know that at least some of the girls have dresses that have several layers and some of them have heavy materials as well. Others are really light ones and I think some will have simpler dresses as well. Usually at her school there is quite a spread in what they will wear, from quite simple dresses that are probably wash and wear anyhow to really sophisticated fancy ones that look like they're from some extremely formal event. I hope that the weather will be such that things dry reasonably quickly and there's a good chance for that. That way they won't bring a bucketful of water with them upon going home...
As for shoes my guess would be that at least some of them may want to wear them at least for the dance part. I know myself that if I'm at a formal function where I'm wearing a long gown and high heels I pretty much need to keep them on, as my dress will have the length to fit that and if I take them off I will be stepping on my dress all the time. I know that some of them,like my daughter (the one going to prom now I mean) will have really high heels so that could be an issue. I think it's very different with different girls there - some hardly ever wear heels and will get sore feet pretty soon and ditch their shoes, others are used to wearing high heels and won't have a problem with it. When it comes to jumping in with their high heels on, well I think I'll leave that up to them. Our pool is safe even with extreme stilletos, as it's a concrete pool. My guess is that most of them will take their shoes off first, some may want to keep them on, and some may get pushed in or so without having a chance of taking them off (has happened to me at some poolside parties...). With regard to jewellry I think I'll pass on the warning to them to check what they've got on and take it off if they're in any doubt that it can handle it. It also saves me the job of trying to retrieve small things like that. But I won't be standing there checking exactly what they've on or not so the final choice will be up to them. The number one rule for the pool and one that I will do my best to enforce is that there's no diving. Our pool is too shallow for that to be safe and that's clearly a safety issue.
Clear garbage bags for going home is a good suggestion as well. I'd already thought of the bags, but not of the fact that clear bags makes it easier to see that they're all bringing home their own clothes and not someone elses. Thanks !
The camera thing that you mentioned, well we do have a security camera in the room, but that one has really low resolution, it won't give any good pictures as such. We put it in years ago when the kids were really young to watch that they wouldn't get in there on their own. The rule back then was to keep the pool room locked, but if someone would forget that it was an extra safeguard to be able to watch the pool room from a couple of other places in the house. Today all are kids are good swimmers so that is no problem.
Yeah they have been told to bring an onvernight bag. I surely don't think that they want to go home in their wet stuff (though that's what I had to do when we went to the beach after prom..
). We plan on letting them rest a bit if they need it, then we'll serve them breakfast, and after that most of them will be picked up by their parents.You mentioned that you liked the idea of a "trash the dress" event. Well, this one comes close to that in a way, though here the intention is not to ruin their dresses, more to let them have fun in them. I realize that there may be some dresses that get ruined, but that happens at every prom event, pool or no pool. They will manage to step on them, rip them, spill something on them and so on. But I think most of the dresses will survive the event ok. As for the "trash the dress" concept, I like the idea when they do it in a nice and fun way, using their dresses for having fun, but I'm not so fond of those where they make it a point that they have to ruin the dress, like where they cut it up or rip it apart on purpose or like that. I know some who have had "trash the dress" sessions, most of them just got wet and some of them got beautiful pictures, and I know one bride who had a fun food fight with her husband. But ripping them apart seems pretty meaningless and won't give any nice pictures either. One exception though: one of my nieces had her wedding dress ripped to pieces, by her husband, as part of their wedding night...but that's a whole different story...
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If it's a pool party where swimming is planned and part of the program I'll of course bring a swisuit, but many times when it's not it gets that way anyhow. I don't mind as long as the temperature is right. I and my husband love water, that's why we have a pool, and if I'm going to a party where there's a pool I know to be prepared, to have some extra clothes in the car, plus that I've a waterproof phone, got a little waterproof pouch for my carkeys and so on. I've learned my lessons..