Splash

We are quickly learning that the only thing to do outside in Texas in the summer is anything to do with water to cool you down! After chatting with Auntie Di she invited us to come to a pool/water park area very close to her house. It was geared toward little kids so it was the perfect way to spend our Thursday. :)

(Sorry for the lousy pic Makin, but so few pictures of us three, had to pick at least one...better work on posing like your sister. ;) )

I would never do this by myself with the kids, so very thankful to have Auntie Di to take one kid! One to one is a must at these places for me. :) Sooo glad each kid can have the individual attention too.

Makin loved the "kiddie pool" and was very happy to stay there. (They are in the shallowest part there, it was only about waist high at the highest part of the pool on him.) The whole sitting and splashing thing didn't last long though, and whichever one of us had him, was basically just doing the usual
let-me-hold-your-finger-while-I-walk-around routine, just in the pool. :) He loved it!












Lorelei went all over the place. She tried pretty much every slide she could, but didn't really care to go on them more than once. She loved being able to swim around in the kiddie pool, but her favorite was definitely "the river ride" aka lazy river. (She knows river ride from a book.) She went several times with both of us, and even had a life vest so she got to do lots of floating.












Of course a much needed snack. Lorelei was thrilled that Di brought Cheetos! :) Then we have the playground area, which was generally too much water-in-your-face for L, but she made a couple of friends who seemed to talk her into the tunnel slide, and thankfully the older sister even went down with her. :) Such fun! Looking forward to going back at least once more before summer is over!

(I should also mention both kids were totally bushed and slept the entire drive home. I even got to listen to grown up music! Then both slept extra the next day too...woo hoo!)
(We also had a busy morning even before heading to Splash, because we got to Skype with some of our favorite friends! Lily, Emma and Sara chatted with us earlier that morning. It was so fun to see them and we will definitely do this Skype thing more often!)