More Waterpark

We hit the waterpark again today - after scoring more deals at Target :-) Since S ditched us to go to work with Daddy, I just had L & J. It is unusual for me to have those two alone. It was so much fun! J was more relaxed this time. L was a fish as usual. I took J down the red slide. That was a mistake, since I had to take him no less than 20 more times :-) He LOVED that slide. He is way too little to go by himself so I went with him. Let me back up a minute. I took L to a bigger waterpark when she was 2. I went with her on a similar slide. Nope - not for her. Took S to a this same waterpark when he was 2. On the slide we go, nope - he didn't like it either. Took J today - thinking he wouldn't like it. BACKFIRE! He LOVED it!!! He even went under the water a few times and still wanted to go back on. "Moe, Moe, Moe climb", he said over and over. So we went on it over and over. L didn't like the slide until this year either. But she sure loves it this year. She is still cautious though, waiting for the blue bucket to dump then running to the top to slide down. If the bucket happens to ding and dump - she waits it out in the yellow tube slide, it dumps then she goes down the red slide. So I would go with J, then L would come down and I would catch her. Except one time.... J & I went down, looked back to get her and she was nowhere to be found. Not on the play structure, not in the water where she liked to swim, not anywhere I looked. I grabbed J and ran - looking frantically for L. I was so upset. I tried not to freak. She can swim, the water is only 1 1/2 feet deep, there are lifeguards, she knows not to leave with strangers, all the people there were moms with little ones, where could she be??? I finally spotted her - she had gone down the yellow slide and was waiting for me at the bottom of the red slide. We had gone opposite ways. She never left my sight for the rest of the time :-) We played more on the slide, then took a break to have a snack. J was super tired by this point but not happy to get out of the water. He did welcome the snack though. He and I stayed on the side and had a snack while L inhaled her snack then went right back in the water - staying where she could see me and I could see her. We left shortly after, just before closing.

We got home to lay J down for a nap, L is having some lunch while I sit here and blog. I did manage to do a load of laundry and sweep and mop before sitting down to rest a bit :-)