The Last Days of Summer

Since school started a few weeks ago, we haven't been to the pool much, haven't been playing baseball as much, and haven't had time to do many 'fun' outdoor things as a family. Tonight we made the time to head downtown for one of our favorite summertime activities: Centennial Park and the 'high water'. Eli and Maddux love the two playgrounds at the opposite end of the park from the 'high water', so we started there. The kids climbed up the rock structure, rolled down the conveyor belt slide, and spun around on the self-propelled spinning-chairs for about thirty minutes before we walked to the water. Both kids loved running through the awesome grass, but Eli was definitely a little slower this evening. His poor calves are SO sore from his fun run yesterday!

Once we got to the water, the water 'show' started. Every few hours on the weekends they play music and the water shoots out in a cool matching choreography. During that time, Maddux put on Eli's cool new sweat bands and danced up a storm. She is totally unable to hear music and not move a body part or two, so a big, clear space was more than she could resist. As soon as that finished, both kids jumped on the fountains and got soaked. Eli had a blast running through every fountain while Maddux hung back and tried to get splashed by each one from a few feet away. Maddie also pulled out her airplane arms and coasted around the park for a bit, pretending to fly. Good stuff. I think we lasted until about 8PM before it turned a little chilly and both kids asked for towels. So much fun; such a great family night!