I'm always looking for ways to give our kids experiences while we're in the states and look for ways to do fun stuff since we don't have as many opportunities here in the Kingdom. So, while we were home we made several visits to a play center at our local church and let the kids play and have some fun! The boys love going up and down the slides and climbing all over the tubes. This trip, Miles was physically able to climb up and down by himself so he might have had the most fun! We had multiple play dates at the the play center with friends and cousins so the boys were never bored!
We had our share of doctors visits while in the states... whether it was for vaccinations, colds, or a stomach virus that swept through EVERYONE in the house...we got to visit the Childrens Clinic several times! At one point, our doctor, who is a very good friend, even made a house call when Miles, me, Gavin, and Brooklyn all got pinkeye and I had no idea what was wrong with them. Yea-- that was fun!! I didn't even know adults can get pink eye. Sadly, not only did we pass around our pink eye, but we passed the stomach bug around to other family members as well. Again, no fun!
One new thing we did this trip was make a visit to a local water park that I knew was there, but had never had the chance to go to, and I'm so glad we did!! I left Brooklyn with my mom since she was getting over a cold and thought it'd be easier to run around and play with the boys. We went with my SIL, Anna, and her two kids so everyone had someone to play with. Gavin and Miles went down slides, swam in the pools, ran around on the splash pads, and laughed and giggled non stop. Miles was extremely intrigued with the splash pads that had water shooting out from the ground and multiple times would stand over a hole looking for the water, which then caused him to get splashed when it came out-- he thought it was funny! We will definitely go back there next summer!
Another fun find that we had never done before was a splash pad near a local park. We had gone to the playground nearby and made several trips there, but never brought our swimsuits and played in the water. Again... GREAT, GREAT time!!! The kids laughed and played and splashed around! They shot each other with water guns, dumped water on one another, chased each other, jumped in water puddles and had a BLAST!! It was all perfect for them. Nothing was overwhelming and there was always something spraying them that got their attention. My mom had a good idea to bring lunch and popsicles and make it a picnic out there, which the kids loved even more!!
We had dinner several times at my brother Bryan's house where the kids had even more time to play with their cousins. They played on the swing sets, rode the four wheelers, jumped in a jump house, and did lots of imaginative play. Fun times for everyone!!
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