Yesterday we went to Wet N Wild with Mum, Dad, Katherine, James, Will, and Courtney. Monica (Mum's sister) also brought her grandson Fyn, (Chelsea's son) to give her a little break. Chelsea's baby, Mia, is just 2 weeks old. The kids just LOVED it. Thankfully, Susan watched Ashley so that we could relax and have a good time.
We arrived about 10:30 am and the fun began. The kids were off in a flash- playing in the water, riding down slides, tubing around the river, body surfing in the wave pool. We had a wonderful day. The weather was almost too cold for my taste- at a water park I don't like to be cold between rides, but it was fine. Poor little Austin with 2% body fat was shivering at times, but he didn't complain.
Austin (front), William (left), James
Grandad and William went on some crazy rides- the Tornado sends you down a tube on a 4 person raft and you spin around the dome until it dumps you in the water. What a good sport Tom is! I could never see my dad going on that one (Sorry Pop). Tom also went on the Black Hole with William twice!
Courtney and Olivia swam around the kiddie pools all day, stopped for lunch, then went off again. It was so nice to just relax and let them play. I guess this is what happens when your kids get older. James (9) took good care of Austin. They would go off to the river or a slide and then come back and check in every now and then. I went on a few with Kate- a speed slide and the Black Hole. The rest of the time we went on rides with the boys.
Olivia, left, and Courtney
We had an enjoyable day and the only sad part was when William started getting upset as we walked out b/c he thought this was the last time he'd see Austin before we left. We explained that we still had 2 weeks and we would see them again. It made my heart hurt a little bit to think of the day that we will have to say, "Yes, you must say goodbye".
Anyway, it was fun to spend time with the cousins. Other than being a little crisp at the end of the day (didn't re-apply sunscreen often enough), we were so glad that we took a day off school and went to Wet N Wild.
Mum, Kate, me
THE COUNTDOWN: 5 days until Mom comes! 13 days until we leave for America
5 comments:
wow what a wonderful outing with the kids...and the water park and all the fun. that is just amazing...that you guys are gearing up for summer....eventhough you pretty much have it year round...but that last picture of you and jared's mum is cute...one definately for your memory 2 year book from oz. I can't believe your mum is arriving sooo soon and you are comming to the US soo fast....wow
That looks like so much fun! Hershey park just got one of those "horn" waterslide things. I thought it looked interesting and fun.
I think it's great that you all took a day off school for all the cousins to make such happy, lasting memories with each other. I'm sure that trip will be unforgettable!
(Yay for your mom coming!)
I love skipping school for fun things like this. And how great to have an excuse to make so many pumpkin recipes.
I'm glad that it was a relaxing time for you. I find that when swimming I can never relax so pretty much it's always something i do for them.
13 days don't seem long at all. :) How sad about William. It's got to be so hard for everyone to make this transition. How are you kids doing? Do they want to come back?
That tube ride looks frightening! It's kind of fun that it's summer there so you can do all these fun things before you go.
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