Waterpark Adventure 2012

We had a blast on our little vacation. We are all exhausted, but it is so worth the memories. There is nothing better than seeing pure joy on my boys' faces and enjoying quality time with them. Spending all of this time at home lately makes me enjoy away-from-home time immensely!

Re-charging on our way to the hotel!





We took this same photo last year when we first got into our room.



And the retro version:



Wrestle time!





Rest time for Sammy.



And for Fox.



Sammy, calling some friends.



And Elijah watching a quick show.



Elijah could not have loved the waterpark any more than he did. He was on cloud 9! For the first time, I can tell you that Elijah was full of adventure and not afraid of anything at the waterpark. This boy was all over the place, and did not stop to rest for even a minute.



At one point while I was sitting with Sammy (more on that in a bit), I watched as Dan chased Elijah from slide to stairs to slide to pool and back and forth and up and down. It was comical! But it also brought happy tears to my eyes. Our boy who has never been much of an explorer is now exploring with confidence! Proud proud proud.







And then there was Sammy. He latched his arms around my neck for almost the entire time we were in the waterpark. We got him to dip his toes in the water a few times, but he always ended up wanting to be held again. He still isn't feeling 100%, so that might have something to do with it. Mostly, I think he is a SHY kid, and he definitely needs to feel certain about his surroundings before being comfortable.





Against Dan's wishes, Elijah and I had jump-on-the-bed time back in our room. :)



We took a cute bath photo of the boys on this same vacation last year, so we decided to do it again. Except, Sam had issues with the bath. You see, our little Sammy is a very particular little guy when it comes to certain things. If his bath water isn't just perfectly the absolute perfectly perfect temperature, he will SCREAM HIS HEAD OFF. So apparently I got the temperature wrong because he would not allow us to put him into the bath. He did want to play with the toys from outside, of course.



And the retro bath photo:



I will close with a few interesting things that came out of Dan's and my mouths over the past few days. :)

"Sammy, please don't run with a knife in your mouth!"

"Elijah, please remove the fox from the microwave!"

"Sam, please stop licking yogurt off of the letter Z!"

"Elijah, please don't cook that man!"