For Pete's Sake

Our weekend plans were postponed to another weekend, so we decided to visit another water park. We drove out to Water Mine on Saturday. We got there a little before it opened and waited in a long line to get in. Chris took Wesley in and I took Lydia and Josiah in since we had two Entertainment Book coupons for buy one admission get on free. So, all the kids got in free (kids under two are free).

I took Wesley and Lydia to Water Mine once last summer and Chris took them twice. They talked about it all winter.

Wesley and Lydia wore life jackets in the lazy river because the water was 3 1/2 to 4 feet deep. Wesley did swim around a little before putting his vest on.
Josiah got to go down Little Pete and Big Pete while sitting in my lap.
At the bottom of the slides we both got a face full of water. It didn't bother him though.

Josiah also rode down Big Pete and Little Pete with Chris. Wesley and Lydia loved the slides, of course.

Here we are on the big snake.

We didn't get a picture of Josiah in his favorite area. He loved the beach entry where the little bubblers were squirting up. He kept crawling through them and up and down the little ramp.

One very nice thing about Water Mine is that you can bring in your own food and drinks. Chris packed the cooler while I was working out Saturday morning. He said he thought he was packing too much food but we ate everything. Wesley and Lydia eat so much more when they are at a water park because of all the exercise they get.

Chris and I decided that we would stay until the 3:00 pool break. Five hours was enough time to spend at Water Mine. The kids wanted to do the lazy river a few more times before we left. I rode around in a raft three time with Josiah and then got out because I was cold (where was the heat and humidity?). At some point, Lydia wanted to get in the raft with Chris and she told him, "I want to rest for a little while." He didn't realize until it was pool break that she had fallen asleep in the raft! He said when he told her to get out that she didn't respond and then he had trouble picking her up because she was sleeping so soundly!

Last year the carousel was included in the price of admission to the water park but this year, you have to pay $1.75 for kids over two (parents ride for free).

It was a fun day and we all came home exhausted.