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CrunchyMom
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We do not have a pool nor are we members of a pool.
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My boys got water guns for their birthday, and they enjoyed beating the heat with tubs of water and supershooters yesterday with Dad (great Father's Day!).
As it heats up, I would love to encourage this type of play in order to keep them outdoors, but the thought of the mess of tracked in stuff, piles of wet swimsuits, towels, etc...
It seems like they could wear their suits multiple times before washing. Same with towels.
Do you have any established routines and techniques for dealing with wet suits and such that have made your summers bearable?
At least it is less bulk than dealing with wet snow suits and boots 
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Hooks hanging outside! Actually, I don't have any, but I ask my DH every year if he would hang some. We live near a river and we do wash the towels and swimsuits after we've been kayaking, swimming or fishing down there, but I would love to have some hooks for the kids to hang their towels and wet suits on instead of just bringing them in and dropping them in a heap. Sometimes I'm not prepared in the laundry room to wash them right away so they get dumped in a pile on the floor. My ideal would be to have a little "dressing room" out there so they could change then hang things up outside, but for now I'd settle for them to come into the bathroom, change, then go back and hang things up.
In your case, the hooks would allow the the suits and towels to dry quickly before the next water gun battle (we also have alot of those!). My kids, especially the younger ones, can hang things on a hook much easier than on a hanger or clothesline.
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:: We keep one small and one large drying rack outside on our under-the-deck-patio for WET CLOTHES.
:: And, one designated chair for towels to hang on.
:: They each have their own towel. These towels only get washed once-twice/week.
:: There is a little shelf next to the drying racks where I keep a big sheet, several washclothes, and various rags.
:: And, another shelf that is designated for DRY CLOTHING....so when they take their clothes off and get into their bathing suits, they wrap/roll/fold all their own clothes up and set them on the shelf.
:: At the beginning of every season, we review "swim suit hanging techniques" (not bunched up, so that they can dry) and to roll/wrap/fold your clothes and keep them on the shelf.
:: It is someone's evening chore to tidy up the "swimsuit area."
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I have a clothesline out back.
My kids are on swim team.. so they're into suits every morning once swim team starts (delayed due to pool repair this year)..
They have mesh bags for carrying their gear in.. so there's air circulation even if things stay wet.
But generally it only takes a time or two of having to put on a cold wet swimsuit in the morning for them to want it on the clothesline to dry after that. 
Command hooks on the bedroom doors for the swim bags.
Now my kids do play in water in the yard as well.. they're not allowed to use their good swim towels out there though.. they can use the old towels that I keep in the garage for whatever. But tossing those over the clothesline isn't usually a big deal.
I do have 2 swimsuits per child.. because sometimes a suit does get dirty and need to be washed before wearing it again.
I usualy do a load of all the swim towels and suits about once week. suits always go on the line regardless. but I will use the dryer for the towels so they're nice.
Oh one of the other things I do.. I'm mean.. I tell them they'll dry and send them back outside to dry rather than coming in for dry clothes
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They can change by the garage door leading into the laundry room and no one can see them. Then we hang ours outside too. Hooks would be nice but we just drape them over the front bushes prob. much to the chagrin of my neighbors but ohh well. Honestly, in this heat, they're usu. dry w/in the hour and then I just put them back in the bin for swimsuits in the linen closet. We only wash them about 1x per week too but they each have 2 suits too. Same w/ towels. I prob. should put some hooks in the garage.
Off topic but I do need to buy more suits for my almost 3 year old since that's what she wears alllll day, every day! I have to actually take a change of clothes in the car whereever we're going and then put her in regular clothes once we get to our destination! Goofy girl!
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My dream when kiddos were younger was to have a wooden, enclosed outdoor shower, with slatted floor. Hooks on the walls for rinsed out water clothing would be ideal, along with a clothesline attached from shower to another strategic point, for towels and clothing, would be great. Ideally, a corrugated roof overhead would make it complete. The closest we ever came to rigging an outdoor clean-up station was a galvanized washtub on the back porch, with soap tied inside a nylon attached to the handle...wet stuff was tossed nonchalantly over the clothesline. One of my favorite pictures of all time captures our three youngest, leaping in midair, with waterguns aimed at the picture-taker! Another shows several family members covered head to toe in mud...including our granddaughter who was just a wee thing! How nice it would have been to have a special clean-up space and routine in those days! Oh the joys of Summer!
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