My cousin Aaran came to visit for the weekend and we decided to take a trip to the water park with all the kids. Hayden had been last year but Lila has never been so we knew it would be an adventure.
When we got there, I realized we forgot to stop and by swim diapers (d'oh!) and I was about to go buy one from the gift shop, which would be ridiculously overpriced I'm sure. My quick thinking cousin just asked a lady next to us to borrow one and voila! Ready for the water.
Can you even stand how cute she is in this bikini? We got some perfect seating, under an umbrella right in front of Happy Harbor. Good job, dad. The big boys, Jay and Tyler, set off pretty quickly to ride the big rides. Hayden and Carter, thick as thieves, ran into the water together and went down the kid slides. That left just the girls! Lila was immediately excited about the water and let go of my hand about two minutes into the water. She kept bending over at the waist to stick her face in the water (I have no idea why, but she was so proud of herself), which she did no less than a dozen times.
It was a pretty perfect set up, with Jay and Tyler off doing the big rides and two of us managing the smaller three. So it was great. We took a few walks around the park and Lila was SUPER worn out after about three hours. She was restless and exhausted and cranky pants. I had to put a life vest on her to go on the other side of the fence at Shipwreck so I grabbed an infant one. Lo and behold, in less than 30 seconds she had calmed down and was asleep in less than 2 minutes. I guess it's like being swaddled again!
She slept on me for a solid hour, and then was ready to go again for another couple of hours. Perfect! We ended up getting season passes so we can go whenever we want! And really, once you go two or three times it pays for itself. I know what the kids will be asking Santa for this year!
