Learner Dad: I should learn a lesson from my kids and spend more time in the sea

If we stay at home we're likely to use 400-zillion litres of water in a paddling pool or slip and slide 

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I’m trying to figure out when I stopped running into the sea. I obviously did a lot of it when I was younger because kids head for the sea as if it’s a giant liquid magnet. If you put a baby down at the beach they will eventually try and crawl into the sea. If we bring our two to the beach on a freezing cold day in November, they will run straight into the sea, clothes and all. It’s like every microscopic bit of their body is shouting, ‘This is where I came from, I’m home at last’.

There’s a huge buzz to be had watching your kids take to the water, until you realise you’re the one who has to dry them off. My wife is OK with it and can’t see the problem with walking two shivering, blue kids back up to the car to see if we have any spare clothes in the boot.