A few weeks ago, we got annual passes to the local water park after a family visit for Quinn's company picnic there. (Annual passes make sense here, though they wouldn't in a lot of places) The only problem with the park is that it closes ridiculously early... check out this link to see!I decided to change up the kids' after-school routine a bit, and pop everybody in the van as soon as the boys got home, head to the water park, and then have the boys do their homework afterwards. The day I chose, the park closed at 3:30pm, and Nate's bus usually drops him off at 2:20pm. What with potty visits, rounding up swimsuits, and other details, we didn't get to the park til almost 3pm.
What followed was marvelous! Since we were there so "late" on a weekday, the park was nearly totally deserted. I kept the kids contained in the "Keiki Kove", which is basically a glorified kids aquatic heaven, with slides, water cannons, and all kinds of other safe and fun equipment to play on/in/with. Instead of the usual 10-15 minute wait to go down the 2 slides, the kids would just quickly scamper up to the top, charge down the slide, and repeat... there wasn't anyone else on the ride at all! They got as many slides in that half hour as they would have if we'd been there all day long on a weekend.
We had the best half hour you can imagine, before they blew the whistle to end the day. The only way it could have been better was if Quinn could have made it too... maybe next time! :)
No comments:
Post a Comment