After a trying afternoon with Eli, we put the kids down for a nap and collapsed. It was definitely an 'in the trenches' kind of lunch-hour. In an attempt to shake the ugliness out of the day, we packed up the car and took the kids downtown when they awoke. We hadn't visited the Olympic Park since they turned the water on this year, so that was our destination for Family Fun Night.
The last time we went, Maddux was a wee little lass, barely six weeks old. This time she was all over the place, crawling and running in the water. Both kids had a great time, but Eli requested his goggles several times. The water shooting from the fountains is very chlorinated and it bugged him a bit. But not so much that he wanted to stop. Maddux couldn't get enough of the water...she walked from fountain to fountain, loving every second. After about 20 minutes, we took a quick snack break. It was like feeding time at the zoo. Eli anxiously sat down next to Lehr as the granola bar was being divided up, and with the way Maddie responded, you'd think she had never eaten before.
She ran around the stroller over to where the boys were sitting, squawking the whole time. (Seriously. Squawking. It was like that scene in Finding Nemo when all of the birds are chanting, "Mine! Mine! Mine!") And her eyes never left the food. Five minutes later both kids were back up and in the water. Life is good.
After a trying afternoon with Eli, we put the kids down for a nap and collapsed. It was definitely an 'in the trenches' kind of lunch-hour. In an attempt to shake the ugliness out of the day, we packed up the car and took the kids downtown when they awoke. We hadn't visited the Olympic Park since they turned the water on this year, so that was our destination for Family Fun Night.
The last time we went, Maddux was a wee little lass, barely six weeks old. This time she was all over the place, crawling and running in the water. Both kids had a great time, but Eli requested his goggles several times. The water shooting from the fountains is very chlorinated and it bugged him a bit. But not so much that he wanted to stop. Maddux couldn't get enough of the water...she walked from fountain to fountain, loving every second. After about 20 minutes, we took a quick snack break. It was like feeding time at the zoo. Eli anxiously sat down next to Lehr as the granola bar was being divided up, and with the way Maddie responded, you'd think she had never eaten before.
She ran around the stroller over to where the boys were sitting, squawking the whole time. (Seriously. Squawking. It was like that scene in Finding Nemo when all of the birds are chanting, "Mine! Mine! Mine!") And her eyes never left the food. Five minutes later both kids were back up and in the water. Life is good.
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