Wannamaker Park

(This above picture is from the Wannamaker Park website. This is not our kids. The camera is out of batteries. I'll post pictures as soon as possible. )

Our family went to Wannamaker Park this year for the annual Fourth of July picnic. We decided to leave Elijah with a babysitter so that Jesse and I could each take one of the girls. We had a great time. Hannah loved the kiddy slides. She went over and over. I even convinced her to go down the kiddy tube slide. It has water jets that speed you down the slide. The first time down she went on my lap but the second time I convinced her to go alone. She is so lightweight that she flipped over going down. She flew into the water sideways at the end of the slide. I was waiting there to catch her. I grabbed her quick but her head went under for a second. Man, she was mad at me!! But she got over it and continued going down the regular kiddy slides. She even went down the tube slide again for Jesse.

Katie was not such a fan of the waterpark. She didn't like the slides and she didn't really like the water. Hmmm... maybe we should have left her with a sitter and brought Elijah! Katie did fine and she didn't complain but she didn't really enjoy it. She did enjoy the picnic. We had hamburgers, hotdogs, chips, soda, and brownies. Katie ate a pretty hefty serving of brownies (it was even heftier because she stole a brownie from one of the Kennedy kids!). Between the brownies and the sodas, she had a good time.

I got to go on one big slide. Jennifer (my friend who was also at the picnic) and I went on a slide early while Jesse fed the girls a morning snack. It was great! I hadn't been on a water slide in 11 years. I was a little concerned that I wouldn't enjoy them anymore. (As you get older, you get dizzy faster and things like water slides and rollercoasters aren't so much fun. It's a medical thing, ask Jennifer. She explained it all to me.) So, I was delighted to know that I still love water slides. Jesse also went on one slide late in the day. It was similar to the Kamakazi slide at Hurricane Harbor. Hannah was really upset that she was too short for the slide, although I don't believe she would have actually went down it. We waited at the bottom for Jesse to come down.

We also played in the wave pool for a while. A wave pool 45 minutes from the beach? Is that weird to anyone else?

Elijah had a great time with his babysitter. He stayed at Bethany's house. Bethany is only 13 but she is going to make a great babysitter. Elijah had a great time. She played with him and changed his diaper. She made him a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch and then she put him down for a nap. He was happy and clean and dry and rested when we returned. Yay! Good babysitters are worth their weight in gold. Of course, Bethany doesn't weigh very much, so maybe she is worth more than her weight in gold.

After the waterpark we picked up Elijah and headed home. We put everyone down for naps, including Jesse. Hannah kept talking in her bed. I went in there and remined her that she needed to be quiet so that Katie could sleep. She replied, "But if I'm quiet, I'll go to sleep too!" That stinker! She never did go to sleep so finally she and I ran to CVS. Going to CVS together is one of our favorite thing to do, just Hannah and I.

Alright, I'm going to end this post for now. Stay tuned to hear about our fireworks adventure.