Waterparks

We have a water park not far from our house and Vince is always asking to go there, so he was really excited about our impromptu stay at an indoor water park.  Saturday after breakfast we headed to 1 of the water parks and thought the kids would be thrilled.  They were for the 10 minutes we spent waiting for it to open up.  Then once we got a table and got in the water they lost all interest.  The water was a little on the cold side, they didn't like the play area for older kids because of all the water spraying all over and the giant bucket that kept dumping water every few minutes.  Brad and I took them on tubes in the lazy river dragged them down a couple really small slides and they didn't like that either.  After a whole 15 minutes in the water we decided to go to another water park down the hall.  We knew it had a wave pool and baby/toddler area and we were hoping it would be warmer, plus it was really close.  We were not disappointed!  The water was warmer and the kids' area was a lot less intimidating for the boys.  The boys lasted close to 45 minutes at the 2nd water park but then they got cold and wanted to leave.  At this point neither Brad nor I were really excited to spend another day and a half at the hotel.

Joel trying to stay warm

Brad being a really good sport

Vince having fun

Vince loved playing with the "leaking pipes"

 On Saturday night we walked over to the last water park that was in the hotel to check it out and see if they would have anything the boys would like.  It was a lot like the first one with a giant bucket of water that kept dumping and a large playground like structure with water spraying everywhere, but it also had a separate toddler/baby area away from the giant bucket of water.  Vince and I discussed how much fun it would be to go on different slides, etc and I told him how much smaller that giant bucket was compared to the one at the other water park and he agreed.  They are probably the same size but I just didn't need that silly bucket keeping him from enjoying the water park.

Vince being really brave and running thru the spraying water

Joel and Brad

Me and my boys!

 Sunday morning after breakfast we went to the water park.  The water was so cold!  I wanted no part in it and neither did Joel.  Brad and I carried the boys through a few things but Joel and I weren't loving it.  Brad convinced Vince to go on a big tube ride and Vince was really excited about it, so they climb the large staircase to go on the ride.  Vince really loved it!  Then Brad took Joel and he liked it too!  After that Brad and Vince tackled the smaller body slides in the kids area and Vince was having so much fun even though the water was cold.  As soon as he got to the bottom of the slide (shivering) he would wait for Brad to come down the slide and then ask to go on another slide.  It was so nice to see him enjoying the waterpark!  Joel and I spent our time playing in the shallow water watching Vince, Brad and numerous other kids and adults coming down the slide, most of whom were shivering!

Coming out of the tube ride

Vince running over to tell me how much fun the tube ride was

Joel on the tube ride....he really did like it