Another thing we did with my mother in law Marj before we went on vacation was a trip to our local splash pad. The city built it recently, and we hadn't had a chance to go yet. So we took the opportunity to keep the kids occupied (and keep my house clean before we left on vacation) and spent a couple hours there.
The kids were so excited...until the water shut off for half an hour after we had only been there for 10 minutes. They found ways to keep themselves occupied though, like eating a snack, and playing tag with some of the other kids there.
Sweet little Genesis slept for the first 45 minutes we were there. I ended up draping my beach towel over the handle of her carseat to protect her from the sun while she slept.
Finally someone came and checked the pipes and turned the water back on. The kids went back to running around and playing and just having a blast. You can see all three older girls in this photo-Grace off to the left in the pink bathing suit, Gwen in the middle in the purple suit, and Georgia off to the right in the blue and green bathing suit.
There were lots of jets of water shooting out of the ground, things to run under to get wet, and even a dump bucket in the middle. The girls really loved the dolphin water guns.
Genesis finally woke up, so I took her around to a bunch of the jets. She had a lot of fun playing in the water, and didn't really seem to mind getting wet.
In fact she seemed to have a ton of fun with it! Sweet girls curly hair really puffed up after it dried too!!
As hot as it gets here, I'm glad we have places like these to keep the kids cool and let them have fun during the summer, and I'm glad we got to do it with my mother in law-the girls really had a blast with her!
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