Patti...first let me suggest you remove the pool from your living room before filling it with water!
We bought a little pool for the fids last summer and they loved it while it was empty. It was a fantastic hiding place to lay in ambush for someone to unknowingly hop in and get attacked...it was great for running races in circles and then turning around only to crash into everyone else and it was a wonderful place to go potty so you wouldn't step in it out in the yard while you were running around playing. However...once we filled it with water...it was nothing but a great big bowl for drinking water! Those little stinkers wouldn't step foot inside the pool for nothin' once I filled it up. I thought sure they would love it but I was wrong...good thing it was cheap!