A way to spend an hour or two in CC

It was warm so we decided that because I needed to go to the bank we might as well combine the trek across the bridge with a visit to Bayfront Splash Park.

I had seen this park when we went to the America Bank Center to get the tickets for Barney (yea, come on July 19th!) and I actually thought it was a water fountain that people were just playing in...you know, randomly. Anyway, after finding out that it was an official splash park (several days later) I decided that it was a place that I'd like to check out and when we did on Tuesday it was a pleasant surprise.

It was, as you can guess from the name, on the bayfront and lined by some tall palms. It was quite wide but not deep (only about 2-2 1/2 foot at the deepest against the wall) with fountain-y jets periodically spraying out water in various heights/lengths. The end that you could walk in was a beach entry so it suited the girls fantastically. It also had a non-slip pebble type surface that saved me from what I am sure would have been several heart attacks/stresses should it have been different. It wasn't too busy and since it was free I am glad we got there early. My only criticism (and mum's too) was that there wasn't enough shade. It gets warm in the sun as Storm can tell you from experience (he was playing golf when mum and I took the kids to the splash park. He came home sunstroke and felt quite ill all yesterday and last night.)

Unfortunately, my battery on the camera died halfway though the time there and I must apologize for not cleaning my lens appropriately after it was touched by one of the kiddoes greasy fingers (gotta love suncreen!). We'll definitely go back there and also visit a couple of others around "the bend" to get the feel of what really suits us all.

 Goes to show you that even at two years of age you are extremely capable of pulling your cozzie out of your...well you can tell from the pic.

 The girls are getting their confidence back around water which is great but it's taking a while. I think that they're scared of falling over (remember these girls can fall over whilst standing still!) So they're happy having water poured over them and holding hands in the water.

 And of course, what's a trip to the splash park without stomping on the bubbles? So much fun to be had!

 Yep, this is the end of the piccies but you can imagine that they went a lot along the lines of the previous ones. No biggie. I'm sure there'll be plenty of opportunity to take more in the not-to-distant future.

P.S. - It was the 4th the other day (doh!) and as the fireworks don't come on until 9.30pm it was just too late for us to take the kiddoes to see the display off the U.S. Lexington. We had a nice casual one ending up having drinkies with the next-door neighbours after dinner. We made dessert (kahlua trifle - I wasn't buying sherry for one dessert) and decorated in a rather traditional fashion. See?

Mum and I enjoyed it immensely. I do like a good trifle and this one sure was good. Mmmmmm.....