I'm not really sure how this idea came about, but I'm SO glad we pulled it off! Even though Nate and I were both exhausted (for some reason), we dragged ourselves out of the house to ride the Trax downtown to play in the Gateway fountains. This has become somewhat of a tradition, and something everyone seems to really enjoy :) I loved watching the kids' faces!
I think it's safe to say, Erika liked it the most! She was SO cute! About the whole thing! I didn't realize how long it had been since we took the "train" so that was a whole new novelty to her :). And the fun thing about it being her first time, is it was EVERYONE'S first time watching her "first time". Our kids are so good at making things fun for each other. Especially this time. Erika couldn't stop talking and smiling. She wanted to sit on her "own seat" on the light rail. It was adorable. Noah seemed to be enjoying things quite a bit as well. He's much quieter as he enjoys things.
The kids were excited to play in the water, but Noah kinda chickened out after his first run, not wanting to get in the fountains as much. He's cautious :).
I was trying different things with my camera and eventually came to the conclusion that I am not good enough at manual to play around with it and still get any decent candid shots. So I stopped. Some of them looked cool I thought.
Luke is always so brave in these splash parks, but you can just see how cold he is. I had to keep reminding him to lay on the hot ground, but he just doesn't have enough body fat to keep him insulated.
Erika was very cautious as well. This wasn't her favorite part of the trip. But she sure looked cute and sounded happy through it all.
The girls were off playing pretty much the whole time. Until they saw Miss Utah High (whoever that is) getting her picture taken in front of the fountain. They were mesmerized. This is when Kelly got the idea to want to be in beauty pageants. She's saving up to enter one as we speak.
Bradley seemed to have a lot of fun as well.
He was funny though, near the end, he came up to me and said, "What's the temperature?" And I wasn't sure, but I was pretty sure it wasn't 80. Which is what it has to be to play in water, normally. He insisted that I look it up on my phone and then was flabbergasted that I had let them go there when it was only 75 degrees outside. This was about the time that he stopped playing in the water. Maybe he feels like the rule is more powerful than I do. Like an expiration date on milk. Not sure. But he is a rule follower, and I'm not going to stop him from doing that. He was ready to go then.
It really was a little chilly. I should have thought about that before we left, but anyway....
Bradley and Erika totally hit it off on this outing. They were total buds for most of it. It's adorable who Erika will cling to sometimes. Bradley was her little prince. I like that he is willing to play with his little sister and make her feel so special. What 7 year old boy is capable of that?
He was totally helping her get brave enough to get her head wet in these pictures ;)
Noah stepped out in the water occaisionally :)
We were only at the fountains for about an hour, but I think everyone had enough fun :). They were anxious to get back on the train too, I think.
We stopped at the store to get some groceries, and frozen pizzas :), and headed on home.
I love the last minute fun things, and especially when they turn out to be such a good time for everyone. I think we all enjoyed it.
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