Water Fun

Fun in the Sun this Summer

- Green Lake in north Seattle

We hit the play area first. Rhett liked the huge sandbox area and sitting in the canoe in the sand.
There is a rental area that has paddle boats and other stuff for Green Lake which would be fun to do with Caramel and the other kids when they are older.
Caramel found a friend to play with - an older boy that looked twice her age. Parks are a lot more fun for Caramel when there is a friend.

Then we traveled down the path to the wading pool. Caramel searching for the perfect spot- being a great big sister holding Rhett's Cookie Monster floaty.

Finally finding the perfect spot!

Together they roamed the wading pool like this- it was really cute watching them. The water is so shallow they just moved by walking with their hands on the bottom. By the time we decided to leave it was way passed nap time and Rhett would not give up his position in the water with Cookie Monster around his chest. One of those great moments when I had to carry him all wet crying being 8 months pregnant.

- Henry Moses Aquatic Center

This swim area is at Renton Community Center where Caramel has had ballet and gymnastics. She would ask all through fall, winter, and spring when this swim park will open and when can we go. She loves the wave pool. Rhett gets cold super easy and wanted to be completely in the water at all times.

- Rolling Hills Swimming Lessons

This year was the first year at Rolling Hills swimming lessons; last year we went to Henry Moses Aquatic Center swimming lessons. At Rolling Hills there were only 2 in the class- Caramel and Molly- who Caramel knew from preschool. Caramel enjoyed it and has asked when will swimming lessons start again. Mmmm....next year.

- Tukwila Spray Park

This is an easy to not lose your kids spray park by the Tukwila Community Center. There is a bigger and better one in Redmond/Bellevue area but it is farther and harder to keep track of kids. Caramel and Rhett loved waiting for the water to magically spray out of the different holes.  



- Newcastle Beach Park

When Caramel is at the beach she brings her yellow bucket and fills it with treasure. Treasure- rocks, shells, lids, rotten corn on the cob, feathers.

Rhett has to have some kind of vehicle to wash and load usually he looks around and finds other construction vehicles kids have and leads me over to look at them with him.

Newcastle Beach Park is very well maintained. I like it a lot more than Gene Coulon in Renton.