Since no party or family visitors were in the plans for Delia's 3rd birthday, we made it special with a family outing. Yesterday we spent the day at a fantastic water park. It was Dave's first day home after a long service trip and the time together was so fun! Also, by going yesterday, we could get Delia in for free, as she was technically still 2! (Laugh at or be impressed with my thrift-- it's your choice! It was a significant savings!)
How could the girls not love this "park in a pool"? Raging Waters was a perfect find because it catered to younger kids. The splash pools and attractions for little ones outnumbered the big slides. Though, there were some cool big slides, Dave did a few on his own and we even got Ella on the ones that rode a double tube. Our favorites were the Great White Shark and Barracuda Blaster.
Delia was a hoot to watch in the waterfall pool. She would race in and out of the waterfalls and must have thrown herself down these little wall slides about 150 times!
There were 3 different splash playgrounds. At Waterworks the kids could turn on different spouts and sprays.
At the pirate ship they could climb cargo nets while dodging people shooting water and random buckets of water spilling over. This one was actually the scariest of all because it was unpredictable and made strange pirate sounds.
While Delia cracked us up with her manic glee, Ella made us smile with her insistence on being independent. She was adamant that she carry the tube, wait in line and go down this Slide Creek Falls water slide all by herself!
One crazy part of the day was how nice and cool we felt throughout it! The breezes combined with being wet all day had Ella really shivering. She had to take sun breaks to warm up and turn her lips back to a normal color. To not be completely melting on a mid-July outdoor day was actually a treat!
Besides all the playgrounds and water slides, two other things we kept going back to were the Lazy River and Wave Pool. The girls just loved riding the currents and bobbing around in both.
Thank you, Delia, for having a summer birthday! In celebrating her 3 years, we made some great memories together as a family!
2 comments:
That looks like a really cool place. What a nice fun family outing! Happy 3rd Birthday, Delia!
Looks like a raging, splashing good time! I went there when I was a kid!
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