I decided to cancel an out of town trip we had planned. It was the right thing to do, for various reasons, but it is still hard for the kids to face a week at home when we had planned to be on vacation. So, I decided to have a little "stay-cation", and ramp up the next few weeks with some fun and special outings. I did some major googling and made a list of fun things happening in and around our town. One benefit of living in a huge city is that there is no shortage of places to go to spend time and money!
I read about a park with a huge playground and a splash pad, and decided that was a great (and free!) way to kick off our week. It is just too hot to play outside unless you're soaking wet these days, so the idea of the splash pad appealed to me. Plus, Emma is a H-U-G-E fan of All Things Water Related. I figured she and I could play in the water with cups and spray toys while the boys spent all kinds of energy at the park.
We packed a cooler, drove a million miles, called Daddy for directions when we got lost, spread our blanket out in the middle of an open field in the blazing sun, kicked off our shoes, and headed eagerly to the splash pad.
Emma was not impressed.
I figured it was just a little intimidating since there were so many kids and the water sprayed from so many different directions. I had high hopes that after a few minutes she would warm to the idea of keeping cool.
I was wrong.
Emma was completely terrified of the water and refused to go near it. So, we had some playtime on the blanket while the boys went full speed on the play equipment.






The tide, it is a turning. I need to keep up.
Despite her aversion to being wet, we all had a great time at the park. We stopped at Sonic on our way home for half price drinks during happy hour. So, our first day of stay-cation filled an entire day, completely wore out three children, and cost me a whopping $2.47.
Stay-cation is off and running. Now, if it only came with some maid service...
1 comment:
Poor Emma! Hopefully she will like it next time! I would love to know where the park is...how fun!
~Kelli
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