Personally, I love water play and a hot summer day means I get to be in the sun! So heck ya, we bring out 2 kiddie pools! The kids Love it!! But yes, it's instantly full of grass and dirt so it's a messy job. I fill them up a couple inches of water and they run back and forth between them. We usually hose off and prepare to get cleaned up after about an hour of playing. Dont want them to get to hot out there. It takes a long time to clean the dirt off them tho but I don't mind because like I said, break and sun time for me!