After two action packed days, I thought it would be good to stay closer to home for a day. All this excitement will wear a mom out!
The boys were pretty excited to get plenty of water time in on this trip since it was so toasty outside. I made them wait until late enough in the day that the sun wasn't roasting them in the pool, so they got the splash park and pool time yesterday!
These two kids are not at all water kids. I can plan out some activities for them back home, but I never seem to make the deadlines for swim lessons. So I brought along their life jackets and they never get to go in the water without an adult each. Good thing, since we discovered these life jackets actually tend to tip them into the water face first. Yikes...
Luckily the life jacket an pool noodle combination let them float pretty well, though no one was willing to let them go at any point anyhow...
Today we opted to check out one of the parks in town that I had found on google. It said they had a splash park and the boys kept asking to go back to Legoland just for the splash park. Instead of paying those high ticket prices again, I convinced them to try out this awesome free splash park in town! And for the record, I really wish this had been here when I was a kid - it was super fun!
After slathering them with a super high sunscreen, they were off and playing in the water jets! We were the only kids (and adults) wearing rashguards, but we Alaskans aren't really used to the hot sun...
Nonni even joined in on the fun - she will pretty much follow these kids anywhere. Even when she knows Thomas is covering a water vent just to try and spray her with it when he calls her over to see "something"... :)
The boys had ben begging their grandpa for a tractor ride since we got to the house and dad pulled it out for them today. They were super pumped! Also, those boat seats used to be where my sister and I sat in the back of my dad's pick-up truck. He did have a camper shell on it, but I can't imagine that would fly with road safety these days...;)
I was going to follow along and take photos of them having fun until my mom nicely reminded me that there were chiggers out in the field. I decided to hop in and ride along after that. I hate chiggers! I distinctly remember my grandmom putting sulphur on her legs to keep them away and I did not have any sulphur on hand...
Plus it was much more fun to see the boy's reactions to their nature ride. Thomas was not impressed by a few parts of it.
But they both thought the goat was awesome. She followed us for quite a while, probably thinking we had Fritos - her favorite snack from my dad. The boys threw her some of the leaves I had been tickling them with, but she wasn't interested in plants. Oh well!
Overall, a relaxing day in the home town before heading off on the next part of our Texas adventure!