Staying Cool

Now that Summer is here, we've been enjoying the splash pads at some of the local parks in order to keep cool in the Florida heat. They did not have these when I was growing up but are quite common at parks now. Once a week, the mom's group I belong to, has a meet up at the Tanja King Park in Avalon. Colby enjoyed getting splashed and playing with some beach toys. At one point he sat on top of the sprayer, giving his diaper a good soaking. His little knees took a beating from crawling all over the concrete. Do they make knee pads for babies? Like his socks and shoes, they probably wouldn't stay on anyways.

We visited another splash pad a few weeks ago at Downey Park. It was much bigger. We met a fiend there and arrived early before it even opened. However, we didn't stay long. A huge summer camp arrived and bombarded the place. There had to be over a hundred school aged kids running and screaming through the water sprays. Little Colby would have been trampled if we stayed.

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