Water, Water, Everywhere

The last two weekends have been almost unbearably hot for us all. With all of the heat we have tried to find a couple of ways to cool off, or at least Hayden has. Late Sunday afternoon Brian was grilling out for us and Hayden and I walked outside to say hi to Maggie. I turned around for a moment and then looked back and this is what I saw!! I couldn't help but laugh and then I joined her (white dress and all).



She wasn't sure what to think when the water hit her, but she soon learned that it was fun! We both ended up soaking wet, but on the bright side we both cooled off, glad none of our neighbors were out because my dress was also dripping with water and did I mention it was white??





Then last weekend Hayden was invited to a birthday party for one of my best friends (we were college roomies)and the party was at the Riverwalk Splash Park. We had an absolute blast. I had never been there before, but what a cool place. The views are great, the landscaping awesome and the water features are fantastic. We will be making another trip before summer is over. Here are some pictures from that as well. Hayden's eyes lit up when she saw the water coming up out of the ground. I wonder what she was thinking, I know she has never seen anything quite like it before. I realize in the pictures below it looks like no one else was there, but when Hayden decided to go into the water the other kids were eating cake!



And I think here Hayden was telling me "Go over there Mom, stop crowding me - I can do this!"



And sweet Daddy always at a safe distance to swoop in just in case Hayden needs him!







And as you can see, she got the hang of everything really quickly and loved it!