Today the boys and I headed to a water park with some new friends. Someone offered us a free guest pass for the day, so it was too hard to turn down. I did hesitate for a bit, wondering if I could handle 2 non-swimming little ones. But with much convincing by some mommas who assured me they would be there to help, we decided to give it a try. And, oh me oh my! This day was so much fun! Seriously, I couldn't stop talking to Jeremy about it once he got home. Which makes me sound like such a child, that a water park would be right up my alley. But it was such an amazing place. Honestly, I didn't do much as far as the water park was concerned. I watched Holden play most of the time, I splashed in the water with Pax and I rode one "big" slide with Holden. But because there were tons of places at this water park with only inches of water, Holden had so much freedom. And so it was fun to just let him be. He loved the independence. And I was able to have good conversations with some great mommas that are new in my life. Of course our eyes were always on the children so there were many interuptions and distractions. And many of those conversations never found an ending. Doesn't that happen so often during playdates? You leave and then hours later realize you never got to answer that question. It's just the way it is for now. I didn't get a chance to take many pictures of our day. My hands were full. But here are the boys at our fun day at the water park. This place is a 15 minute drive for us. We are definitely going to have to get season passes next summer.
The yellow slide behind Holden, we all 3 went down. I held Pax in my lap and held onto Holden's leg. Then I convinced Holden to do the orange slide by himself. He went all the way down and then stood up and starting walking back up it, which was holding up the line, and was obviously against the rules. I'm not sure Holden really gets "rules" yet, but we're working on it. So the lifeguard had to jump on the slide, turn him around and make him slide down the right way.
And here is my happy-go-lucky Pax. If it looks like he is falling asleep in the picture . . .well he probably was. It was noon and he had been going since 8am. Thus the reason for the paci in the mouth. He NEEDED it, people! Have I mentioned how wonderfully he will breeze through without a morning nap, if need be? Such a different baby than Holden was at this stage! His flexibility has been such a blessing. More on that in his 11 month post (which is right around the corner).
3 comments:
Oh good! I'm so glad it went well. It looks like fun. And your comment about unfinished conversations at playdates had me laughing out loud. I can't tell you how many countless conversations have never been finished. I'm always driving home thinking about what questions I forgot to answer or what conversations where never finished. So true for this stage of life we are in!
What a fun water park! I want to go :-) When Kate starts getting tired when we're swimming she starts asking for her paci. It sounds something like this "My paci My paci!" And then we're close to meltdown mode.
We L.O.V.E NRH2o!!!! We go a few times every summer!!!!
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