Splash Park

No summer is complete in our household without a trip to the splash park.  One thing I miss about living in the south end is the assortment of splash parks at your disposal. There just aren't very many out this way - thankfully the boys don't care.  They just want water and fun.

Slide Waters

The boys and I went on a little road trip this weekend!  We headed over to Lake Chelan to visit my aunt (who recently retired there) and my cousins who were also headed over.  Since everyone else wasn't planning on getting into town until much later Friday and I had taken the day off work - the boys and I left bright and early in the morning and headed straight to Slide Waters water park!  I was a little nervous at first with the thought of going to a water park with both kids alone - but it ended up being perfect.  The park isn't too big (just big enough); Zane was able to go on every single slide and Landon could go on quite a few by himself and even more if he went with me!  It wasn't too crowded and the weather was perfect - the whole day there was perfect!  Both boys had a blast and couldn't get enough of the park!  Definitely a place we'll be going back to again someday!

Our first stop in town was actually to grab lunch and we also got our first glimpse of the lake!

Zane was such a huge help at the park - always taking Landon up to the "little kid" slide so I could wait in the water below to catch him.  He never complained when I asked him to help me out or to give Landon a chance or two on some slides before we headed over to ones he really wanted to go on. Such a great big brother!

Zane even enjoyed the "little kid" slides himself!  Might as well since he was walking Landon up there anyway!

So glad I got this video!  Really shows his excitement and love with the slides!

A Mini Wild Waves

I took this past Tuesday off work as a "re-coup" day after camping - after doing a bazillion loads of laundry and much unpacking it was time to have some fun...and time to leave the house quiet so daddy could get a few hours of sleep in before going to work that night!  We have driven by the Henry Moses Aquatic Center many, many, many times, but have never gone - so decided that Tuesday was the day to change that!  The boys and I packed up a picnic lunch and our swim suits and headed off.

Zane has been to Wild Waves once and liked it for the most part, but it was really "big" for him and there was a lot he couldn't/didn't want to do.  This was so much more friendlier to kids who can't swim well and to little kids.  After leaving, Zane told me that he always wanted to come here and never to Wild Waves again, haha!  We'll see if that's still the case once he is more comfortable in the water!  Landon on the other hand as I've said before has zero fear when it comes to water - which is good and bad.  I think he'd take Wild Waves by storm if we ever took him there!

Zane was about 1 inch too short for the two water slides Henry Moses has, but next year for sure he'll be able to ride and he's already looking forward to that.  Both boys had a great time in water, riding the lazy river, playing in the wave pool and jumping into the big pool - I don't think either of them missed out on anything by not being able to ride the two slides!

Ahhhh Summer, how we love you!!!