And We're Off to the Water Park

Hello, my name is Paula and I am a blog slacker. I realize it's been quite a while since my last post. What can I say? We've been busy!!

We wanted to do something fun and summery on Labor Day, so we headed out to a water park -- more specifically, Splash in the Boro. It was a fairly short drive away and not too expensive -- perfect. We had such a great time!

Although Jacob isn't a big fan of swimming pools, he does love to get wet. He loves to play in the fountains and especially loves buckets of water being poured on his head. Go figure. This little (actually, it was quite large) play area is where he spent most of the day.

When we arrived at the park, we found a "home base" next to the fountain area, spread our things over a few chairs and pulled out the sunscreen. As soon as Jacob was thoroughly covered, he ran out into the fountains only to be yelled at by the lifeguards. "Get out of the water!!" A child had apparently had an "accident" in the pool at the end of the kiddie slides and no one was allowed in the water for a half hour or so until the water was deemed "clean" again. This happened twice while we were there. While it's really disgusting to think about, at least the lifeguards were paying close attention to what was going on in the water. But, seriously...c'mon people. Haven't you ever heard of a swim diaper????

Annabelle fought sleep all afternoon, but even though she was extremely tired, she had fun too. Like her brother, she really enjoyed the fountains. She, however, did not like wearing her sun hat. She pulled it off every chance she could get.

I was excited about the water slides. At Splash Country last year, I wasn't allowed to ride because I was pregnant. I don't think I had been on a water slide since high school!

Here is Papa Larry racing down a slide at lightning speed....even in the "slow" lane. :) The orange lane was supposedly the slow lane. I'm not so sure about that.

When we returned home, it was pretty late and we were all worn out. Jacob had been asleep the entire ride home and only woke up long enough to walk into the house. He stepped through the doorway and immediately fell to the floor. Annabelle wasn't quite as exhausted...or at least, she didn't seem to be. She fought sleep all day long and only took a couple cat naps. I guess she just didn't want to miss out on any fun!