Water Works Park

Paul took a day off from work on his birthday and we headed to Water Works Park in Redding, CA. 

 Alex loved this frog slide.

 Since it was just Paul and I and our kids, we had to take turns taking Alex down the bigger slides, while one of up held Austin. So, Alex probably went on twice the amount of slides as Paul and I.  He enjoyed it though...for the most part.

Paul took Alex on the Raging River Ride first. There you can see them in the top left picture walking up to get in line. As you can see in the top right, they accidentally went backwards the WHOLE ride. And then of course flipped at the end...Alex wasn't traumatized, but he wasn't too happy either.

 We took these right after Paul and Alex flipped over. I love Alex's contemplative looks down on the bottom right. Alex and Austin loved playing in the pink tube. If you look closely at the top left picture you can see a little bit of spit-up on Austin's chin. He was just leaning over and dousing the sidewalk with puke. It was funny in a gross kind of way. :)

Cyclone!

Believe it or not, Alex actually asked to go on the Cyclone. Its my fault really, because I kept referring to it as the giant toilet. What little boy doesn't want to be flushed down a giant toilet? Alex was no exception and didn't even hesitate when he got to the top platform (there he is waving at me in the middle left pic). This boy seemed to have no fear. I thought for sure he would go on it once and then be done...but the first thing he said to me was, "That fun Mom! I wanna do that a'gain!"

The Avalanche

 Paul went down this one by himself. I was too chicken to do it by myself. For the record, I have done this one before in another water park. I just don;'t like the drop off...and am a chicken to do things like this by myself. Alex asked if he could go, but we were afraid he wouldn't be able to hold on to the tube good enough. You do catch a little air right when they push you over the edge. Technically he was a little too short to go on the big ones, because he was supposed to be able to hold onto the tube by himself. He could sort of do it but, we would help hold him with our feet so he wouldn't fall through the hole in the tube.

 We did go on the Raging River Ride many more times...not backwards of course. Paul and Alex are pictured in the top four pics and Alex and I (Robyn) are in the bottom two. I have to admit I have a pretty awesome splash face. I know you are jealous. :)

 And, above, here we are all getting flushed down the toilet multiple times. It turns out that it is kind of addicting after a while. Paul went by himself in the middle right picture. In the top two pictures, Alex and Paul came out backwards again...but they didn't flip this time. You can see my awesome splash face in the bottom left, and Alex's cute smile. Alex was getting a reputation among the life guards by the time I took him for the last time at about 5PM. The life guard at the top said, "Is this the three-year-old that went down with his Dad a little while ago? That is so cool!" Alex just smiled at him...and then he pushed us down the toilet. haha

 Alex and Austin both enjoyed the kiddie area, too.

Austin conked out at about 4PM and wasn't waking for ANYONE. We were moving him all around and he just kept on sleeping. Alex finally got him to wake up about and hour and half later, but he really didn't want to be woken. He was really sweet. We had such a fun day together. Our kids are such troopers. They just keep going and going. After the water park we went to In&Out Burger, which was DELICIOUS! Mmmmm!  We decided it is probably a good thing they don't have any locations near Grants Pass or we would be eating there way too much. Alex quietly ate his whole burger and then when he got on the road he just conked out and slept almost the whole 2 1/2 hour drive home. Happy Birthday 28th Paul! I love you!