Splash Pad

Early in the summer, we found a local park that has a splash pad. The kids love it, and it’s an easy way for me to make them happy since it is so close.

On Saturday, Eleanor had an Activity Days activity that involved getting wet, so I took the younger kids for some fun at the splash pad so they wouldn’t feel too left out. It was a hit!

At first, all either of them wanted to do was swing on the swing set. Eventually, I got tired of pushing two kids at once, and I encouraged them to get wet.

Curtis starts out so slow and cautious with the splash pad. He won’t go near the buckets that dump on you, and he takes a lot of time before he’ll even go near the sprayers. After several times that we’ve come and our kids have seen other kids with buckets or cups and been sad not to have them, I finally remembered to let them bring something to catch the water. All of our sand buckets got left behind with the move, so we improvised with sour cream and whip cream containers. 

Phaedra jumps right in whenever it comes to any sort of getting wet.

Curtis followed her example.

He loved to cover up the sprayer and then try to run away.

This one’s a little blurry, but she was bouncing and having so much fun.Eleanor and Daddy joined up with us once her activity was over.

When Curtis finally gets the courage to venture over to it, he just LOVES playing with “the shooter.” (And he hogs it for the rest of the time we are at the park.)

He’d love to squirt me with it, but the shooter only works when it’s facing toward the splash pad (my camera and I are very thankful for this design).And after lots of fun getting wet, it’s time to enjoy the swings some more. I’m so glad we live close to such a nice park!

 

And just for fun, here’s a video of one of Curtis’s favorite things to do lately: build towers for me out of Legos. It’s how he shows his affection.