Fun in the Sun

On a super hot day, Steph and I decided to get together to take the kids to the waterpark downtown. What's better than fellowshipping over Starbucks while the kids play? We were planning on leaving at 11:00 to allow the kiddos plenty of time for play, lunch, then head home for naps. As always with me, she showed up at my door and I was running a little behind. Okay, so we were delayed about 30 minutes because of me running late. Oh well, stress free day, it is what it is, right? So we got the kiddos all loaded up and headed downtown. Being that my car won't go in reverse anymore it took about 20 extra minutes to find parking. I ended up parking at a bank about 3 or 4 blocks away from the waterpark. I decided I needed a good walk anyway. So we get our babies loaded in strollers and start walking. Sometimes I feel like I can conquer the world in one day but I forget how pregnant I am and even walking that much while pushing 2 in a double stroller in some serious heat.....whew! So I'm making myself maintain a good attitude because of 8 pairs of little eyes and 1 adult pair of eyes, not to mention all the pairs of eyes looking at 2 women, 1 being with child, setting out for an adventure with 8 youngsters. (Wow, Mrs. Emily!) Besides that, there's a prize to be won (or payed for) at the end of my journey, a super unhealthy Mint Mocha Chip Frap. With all the construction going on we had to squeeze through a skinny walkway where Greyson decided to get his foot stuck in the fence. So after freeing my son we continued on in confusion as to how to get to Starbucks. 11:00 turned into 12:30 and now we have hot, hungry, tired children who have to go potty. We found the restrooms and took turns making the kids go potty. My potty training child ended up peeing on me and himself. (you know how little boys trying to "sit" and potty sometimes don't always make it into the potty) So everyone's used the lavatory, now off to Starbucks we go. To shorten this story a bit, yes, we eventually found Starbucks and eventually figured out how to get to the waterpark with strollers. We ended up having to ask 3 different people who seemed just as confused as we were but in the end we made it. Our 11:00 adventure turned into 1:30 but once our hot, tired and hungry kids laid eyes on the water fun they were about to experience it seems they found their second wind. Here are some pics.... (I don't think we left until 3ish) Lesson of story: adapt and overcome....with a good attitude. :)