On Sunday, the boys were invited to a birthday party for Ms. Cindi's 2 year old son. It was at a great park in Arlington that I had never heard of before. It's a normal neighborhood park, but it has this really cool splash/fountain area for kids to play in. R and L had a blast. They crawled all over the place and they loved watching all of the other kids play around them. R was the most intrigued by the water. He was very interested in the water jets that came out of the ground. They seem to work based on pressure build up. So there was one time that he was looking down at a jet that was currently not shooting water. As you can guess, it shot water straight into his face. That was our only crying incident (besides when R was done with his birthday cake and wanted more). L also had a good time, but he was more interested in trying to crawl out of the water area and into whatever he could get into. The place definitely calls for 1 person per baby, but hopefully we can go back one weekend before it closes down for the summer.
After the boys had their fun getting wet, they dove into the tub of drinks and ice. They may have had more fun playing with the ice than they did in the fountains. L took out individual pieces of ice and gathered them up one by one on the cooler next to the tub. R just put the ice in his mouth and sucked on it a while before spitting it back into the tub (despite grossing out everyone else at the party).
We all went over to Tim and Stephanie's house after the party for dinner. They are both teachers and are typically gone for the summer. This year they left Seattle at 1 am Saturday and got into Minneapolis at 6 am and then drove 17 hours and got home at 1 am on Sunday. (and then started work on Monday). That is an adventure that is better left for them, I would never do it. But it was great to see them again and we're glad for their safe travel. We will now live vicariously through them since our days of fun vacation travel are on hold for a few years.
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