Thursday~June 25, 2009
We went to The Splash Pad the other day with friends.
My boys were in heaven, and so was I.
It’s just the perfect summer place.
My boys were in heaven, and so was I.
It’s just the perfect summer place.
See?
Shallow water. Check.
Huge water guns. Check.
Water. Water. Everywhere. Even Up. Check.
(notice anything about Miles’ swim trunks? Just checking.)Big bright water-spewing turtle. Check.
Yes, quite The Perfect Summer Place.
We got a little lost on the way there, thanks to Sean Connery.
(He’s the voice of our GPS…he says, “You have reached your des.tin.a.tion…shaken, not stirred.” Except it wasn’t our destination, it was the one he made up, so I was mad at him. I just never would have guessed that I’d be mad at Sean Connery.)
Anyway…The other night, a friend let me know there’s another Splash Pad really close to our house. I think I could even find it without getting lost. I’m so excited to frequent the place all summer. Yes, my friend was so kind to inform me of this. She was also really kind to hold my hand later that night when we (and a couple of other over-nurturing women) tried to nurse a baby raccoon back to health and were nearly attacked by poor baby Rocky’s mother. We can run really fast when we have to, just so you know…
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Splash pads are a must for summer!!!
Looks like he had SUCH a great time! What a CUTIE! :)
Happy ATWT! :)
Love the expressions you captured! Looks like you all had a grand time!
That looks like so much fun! I love the pics!
Great minds–our GPS is Money Penny…
Looks like a great time–and I love the reverse swim trunks!
Blessings!
Beautiful pictures. And I'm way jealous of the splash pad. The closest thing to my house is a water park that's ginormous and overcrowded. I don't even know if they have a shallow end. *sigh*
Oh my, I would have loved to be there when you were trying to save a little 'coon. That is just hilarious!
We go to the pool for swim lessons every day. I am not brave enough yet to go with the 3 kids by myself though. *shudder*
Ooh, would you be so kind as to tell me where one might find these awesome Splash Pads?
They opened up this new crazy mousetrap waterpark near us, and we are going next week!
Raccoons scare the crap out of me.
Past the splash pad days here, I'm afraid. Why didn't they have cool places like that when my kids were small?!
Fun summer captures.
Really wonderful summery shots. Love the colors.
I love these places! Where were they when I was a kid???
That certainly looks like fun!
It's been so miserably hot! That is definitely the best place to hang out.
This post is a reminder to self: Do more summer with the kids.
we love water pads, they are perfectly fun and summery!
I wish we had such a cool place close to our house!
Oh, that looks like so much fun :)
What a fun place to play! And I love that you were attempting to help a baby raccoon.
I want a Splash Pad by me. Well–we do have Raging Waters but there is more stuff for big kids there.
But IIIIII wanna go to the splash pad tooooooo (did you hear the whine? Just checkin')
Love the pictures. So jealous, I want one near us too!
So fun!! I don't think we've been to this one. Great pictures. I love the backwards swim suit…."pick your battles, right?" Love it!!
Susan B.
hmm, what happened to the *photo of mommy in her bikini* CHECK? miss those kiddie pools. we've gone on to the big ones where i'm scared to enter the water! ☺
Great pictures! They look like they had a blast!
Oh how I wish we had one of these in our town – what a blast that looks like!
We need a splash pad here! And oh.my.goodness.with the backwards trunks. Priceless!
I've never heard of a splash pad before – I'm googling it right now!
Who got Miles dressed?
Great pictures of a great day!
Oh what fun! I want to go :D
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Hey, can you hook a mother up! We need some Cheap fun too!
great pictures! I love that last one…the expression on his face is priceless!
Oh honey. I love God's creatures but raccoons? Nasty, nasty animals.
Sean Connery – have you seen Saturday Night Live when they have the person doing him on Jeopardy? It's a scream!
what an awesome place! I want to go.
I want to go to The Splash Pad!! It looks like a lot of fun!! Great job!
summer fun, gotta love it!
My son is 5.5 and ALWAYS puts his clothes on backwards. Drives me nuts. Sometimes I just let him be.
Love you shots this week. Splash pads seem to be all the rage this year. My kids will have to settle for a yard full of stickers and a rusty water sprinkler. That's the breaks of living in the country!
So you seriously got chased by a racoon mama? Racoons can be mean little suckers.
LOVE a good splash pad.
Oh I gotta take my kids! Great pictures! And I loved the backwards swim trunks!
What a great place to play! We don't have Splash Pads in our area. It looks like the perfect place to be!
Roban
I'm seriously jealous you have splash pads! We've never been to one!
Steph
Okay, I'm seriously loving that you got chased by that big angry Mama Raccoon!
LOVE the splash pad. It is so great when you have young kiddos! Great pictures!
We have a splash pad near our house. You come visit mine and I'll come visit yours : ).
Wow! That looks like a really fun place to hang out. I wonder if our water park is as good as that? We will have to check it out. Great pics by the way :)
Your splash pad looks funner than ours! Can I come over?
Oh look slike so much fun!! I wish we had some of those here. I don't think we do, but I'll check to be sure.
The photos are great too! And a baby raccoon, aww, so glad you tried.
Sean Connery on your GPS —AWESOME!! fun day in the water for the kids. Sorry I haven't been bloggin much. I AM MOVING. been very busy. but will have to blog about that later
fancy getting mad at sean! great pictures
Love those splash pads and splash pools! At least there my little one does not eat mouthfulls of sand like she did at the beach yesterday. Ahhh … summer!
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love the smile looking great
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