Kiddie pools were a central part of my childhood. I always loved the cartoon wildlife/ rainbow/nature scenes on the hard plastic sides of these pools, and the way you could feel the grass through the flimsy vinyl bottom. We went through dozens of these when we lived in Houston. My mom would always move them around the yard so that we wouldn’t ruin the cirle of grass underneath. One Fourth of July, we had a block party in our backyard and someone attached sparklers to a toy boat, lit them, and sent them sailing around the pool. It burned little holes in the pool, but it was a really beautiful sight.