Canoeing in the back yard?

Recently, we have gotten a pond. How, you may ask? Some freak-flooding. Our creek flooded over, we had a large run off from the mountains and, well, who knows. Any way, we decided to get the most out of our 'pond.' Me and my dad pulled our canoe into the water and he let me paddle it. Soon the rest of the kids came and we had a great time. However, I walked in the water some, and since I didn't have the right shoes the water got in and almost froze my feet off, but hey. If your going to be stupid, you'd better be tough.