We have been trying to make it to the splash park for a couple of weeks now, but every time we have tried either our schedules got in the way or we got rained out. But today Josiah’s napping routine was off kilter, so when he woke up in the middle of the afternoon and Jacob finally got home from work we jumped in the car and went for it.
Of course it started raining before we made it there, but no worries, Jacob suggested ice cream at Conestogas! By the time we finished there, the rain had stopped, then we just had a short wait while the splashpark maintenance man hemmed and hawed about starting it back up after the rain. I think he was looking for a reason to go home early and we ruined it. Once it was up and going we had the place to ourselves for about a half hour and we had a blast!
For those of you who have not been to the splashpark…these “buckets” fill with water then dump it out sporadically. All the bigger kids love it and the younger kids seem bewildered by it and are surprised when water suddenly falls from the sky on top of them as they walk under it. Here Josiah is evaluating the risks with Jacob. (I know he looks tiny in this picture, but I wanted to show the buckets too.)
Then he decided to make a run for it. It’s like running through a mine field, but he made it unscathed with water falling on each side of him, until…
…he became fascinated with the drain then, GERONIMO!
He only really was directly hit once and his reaction was priceless – absolute surprise! - but it didn’t bother him one bit.
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