Splash Park

Today I took the kids to the splash park... our favorite park. It was a great day! Warm enough to get wet but not hot enough to be uncomfortable. So I packed a picnic lunch, plenty or water and drinks, and we set off. I love going on adventures with my kids. They behave really well so it doesn't seem like a hassle to take them anywhere. Plus after a few hours they get really tired out and I can relax and do chores once we get back home. So it's win/win for everybody!

Before they got into the water I made all 3 kids take a picture for me. I have to make sure I do this more often. I get plenty of individual shots but never any of all 3 of them. They weren't happy that I was delaying their fun... but it's the price they had pay for Mommy taking them.


But my Arielle did stick around longer for me to get some pictures of her before she tried to escape too.


So brother and sister took her into the water and she HATED it. Screamed her little head off. She hates the pool too so I wasn't surprised.


So she went back to being my model...


But of course Layna saw all the camera attention she was getting and request a picture with me.


After a while of playing in the water the kiddos got hungry so we walked over to the picnic tables and had lunch. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches... in the shapes of dinosaurs cuz Mommy is awesome! Yes!


And Arielle even shared hers with Brother... and everyone was as happy as can be!


That was until I snapped this picture of Arielle...


And Alayna decided to climb on top of a wall that I had already asked twice to to sit on... and she fell off and scraped her knee. It was very very minor but in true Alayna style there were full waterworks and grunts of "please pity me Mom oh please please". Which wasn't happening since I told her that she shouldn't have been up there in the first place. But I did take a picture of her... as a memory of course.

And after she realized I wasn't paying attention to her dramatic pleas for attention, she calmed down and I took a picture of all the kids together again.


Then Diego said, "Mom, you should have a picture with your daughters." So I couldn't refuse the offer.


Then we went to the other side of the park so the kids could play on the playground for a while. Told you this Mom is awesome!


And Arielle had her first trip down the slide alone... then a few more times with brother and sister.



And she loved it so much! Diego would help her up the stairs and evry time she sat down she would peek at me before going down to say "cheese" (yes one of the first words in each of my kids vocabulary has always been "cheese")!


After that Diego suggested putting the girls in the swings so he could push them. (He always wants to make sure the girls are having fun. He's the best brother ever.)

And Arielle definitely enjoyed herself!