Pure Fun!

Today, Alan and Mommy checked out a new indoor playground called Pure Fun Party. We had a special pass to their toddler room. Between the heat and Alan's crawling, our playground options have been limited.

Once we came into the toddler room, Alan made a bee-line to the slide. After doing several circuits, he checked out the red barn, the little house, and a yellow car. So much fun, with several breaks to snack and replenish. A couple of other kids would sometimes come in, and Alan would be interested in checking them out, but we pretty much had the place to ourselves.


Big slide!


Going up!


And down!


Mmmm, playing is hard work!


Taking a break to watch the windows being washed


Beep beep!

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[video - Sliding at Pure Fun]

Sprinkler blastoff

Kevin and Alan had a great time with their Buzz Lightyear Rocket sprinkler today!


Alan was figured out the "throttle" on the hose pretty quickly


Blast off!


Miss Renee takes Alan closer to the water


Kevin puts the rocket back on the water stream


No more water! Back on the launch pad...


Whoops! Alan gets Kevin soaked!


Kevin with the rocket


Alan at the controls

Daddy Hobbies

Daddy is rediscovering many of his old hobbies as the boys get older and can share them with him - kites, TRON, model rockets!!! In fact, Daddy now considers himself a Born Again Rocketeer (BAR) and has started building kits that have been sitting around for a long time and adding new ones to them. He has built and decorated a couple of rockets with Kevin and even Alan is having a blast counting down to the lift off!


A Penguin kite at the park


Alan couldn't wait to hold his own kite


Brothers flying


Building rockets with our friends


Getting ready to fly his rocket for the first time!


Daddy and Mister Scott retrieve one of the rockets


Blast off!


Watching the rockets


Kevin and Daddy head to the launch pad


Ready...


... set...


...blast off!


Kevin's rocket comes down with helicopter blades


More rockets!

SeaWorld Splash Pad

SeaWorld did a big makeover of Shamu's Happy Harbor this past year. We were sad to see the shaded foam pit go, but the area, renamed the Sesame Street Bay of Play, now has an amazing splash pad. Mommy and Kevin went on a date today, checking out the dolphins, coral reef and sharks first as usual. After some lunch, we hit the new splash pad. There was lots of falling, squirting, dumping, and arcing water to play in!


Kevin hugs a cool character on this very hot day


Waiting for the water...


Dump!


Splashing toes...


Catch!