All signs point to it.

Within the last few weeks, you may have uncovered your grill for the first time in eight or nine months and fired up some New York strips. A little corn on the cob, freshly-sliced watermelon and homemade cherry cobbler rounded out your family’s all-American picnic.

School’s out, so your house is bustling with kids (your own, plus their friends). They’re eager to spend the next few months riding bikes around the neighborhood and chasing lightening bugs in the backyard at night. Day after day, they’ve begged and pleaded to head to the pool – after all, it’s hot outside.…