The Splash Pad

Summer is in full swing and we've been swimming, playing outside a lot and having fun.  Last week I let each kid pick what we had for dinner one night of the week.  

On Monday Matthew picked chicken sandwiches. 

Anna picked homemade eggrolls and fruit salad on Tuesday.

Wednesday Grant chose spaghetti and watermelon and 

Thursday John picked hot dogs and potato chips.

And on Grant's day we also went to the splash pad 'cause he'd REALLY been wanting to go there instead of the pool.  When we got there they had just turned off the water for an hour.  There was a small sign telling about the new off times, but nothing online.  Soooo, to kill the time we went and got shaved ice.  I ordered the smallest size they had: kiddie size.  Still so huge.

Emma didn't want any.  And she was mad when we tried to give her some.  

She was probably just hot.

So we ate our shaved ice in the hot sun for a while until the splash pad water came back on...

When we got back the splash pad was already packed with kids.  Everyone but Emma had fun squirting each other with water guns.  I've been to this splash pad before and knew to bring the water guns.  Tons of kids had them and were squirting people indiscriminately.  I got squirted a lot.  My phone and my watch survived the trip though.  Hooray!

Emma was very nervous and cried when she got squirted or when things got too loud or other kids got too close.  She held a water gun just to look tough.  She didn't use it.

A very wet John...

...and Anna

Emma warmed up to the splash pad a little and climbed a favorite rock over and over.

They turned the water off for 10 minutes or so while we were there.

John was trying to preserve the water.

Everyone was sad (and or angry) when we had to leave.  Here are Grant and John running around.  It's all fun and games till I tell them we have to leave.  Then the weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth.  But we still had fun while we were there.  Maybe we'll go again.  

And here are a few bonus photos from our week:

Trying to fit my three littles into one shopping cart while my two bigs were at sports camp.

It did not go well.

Matthew, still in spy mode, and his new fedora.

It's what all the spies are wearing these days.

Grant has been spending hours quietly playing in his room so far this summer.  It's great!

He's been drawing page after page of drawings (and illustrated a few books that he dictated to Anna to write for him) and, as always, building things with Legos.  He made the numbers 0 through 10 with Legos and wanted to show me.  He did it all on his own and was very proud of himself.

Can you spot the numbers here?  I like tiny number 5.

More summer adventures to come!