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We had a blast! Here are some pics of our fun-filled day at the waterpark with our little ones.
Getting ready, applying sunblock, and trying on our new shades (Top to bottom; Ben, Ethan, Andrew, Savannah)
3 cool dudes and 1 darling diva (Sav, Ben, Ethan, Drew)
Benny and Sav...two peas in a pod. SOOOOO excited to splash in some water!
...and here we are! Hawaiian Falls
Sav's not too happy about Mama making them sit down and hydrate before playing (S, B, A, E)
its "GO-time"! (Sav, Mama, Ethan, and Andrew)
...waiting to be splashed by the giant water bucket
"Whoaaaaaa!" (but wait, where's Ben?)
In Dad's arms about 20 feet away...scared to death! (poor guy, I couldn't help but laugh) Ben did NOT like that giant water bucket and had an eye on it at all times.
Stopping for some light refreshment (You can bring in a cooler of any size for $5. Packing your own food and drinks definitely saves $$$ at a waterpark!)
Here goes the waterfall again
Drew loved playing in the water
...and so did this little fish (Ethan). I'm pretty sure that my identical twins have gills!
Alas, every diva has her moment...
Dad splashing the kiddos
Some video of our fun times:
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184 comments:
I keep cool in the summer by seeking out air conditioning!
mami2jcn at gmail dot com
I run through the sprinkler with my kiddos. (or I stay inside in the AC)
We go to our favorite shady park, hang out at the pool and stay inside during the hottest days!
How fun!! To keep cool we swim and eat lots of watermelon!
We have several free splash parks that are part of our park system! We love hitting those on the hot days!
we keep cool by living at the pool for the summer :)
also, we eat lots of snow cones or ice pops to cool our insides.
luckime15@yahoo.com
we like air conditioning :) also a little blow up pool in our backyard. My son is like Ben not a huge fan of water parks.
jillw217@gmail.com
I so badly wish we had a pool to keep cool in the summer. But for now, I guess I have to settle by camping out in my cool basement.
Staying inside..and water and popsicles outside.
reallyareyouserious@gmail.com
Hang in the garage (shade) and play in the kiddie pool in the driveway. (We don't have much yard.)
With the heat index here already in the 100's the only way to keep cool is to stay inside!
By staying inside and reading books!! tjwallace04@gmail.com
I like to go get snowcones!!
I would rather stay in the AC all day, but my kiddos love running around outside and don't mind the heat. To keep us all happy, we have a kiddie pool in the back and the sprinkler in the front.
bethklu@yahoo.com
Sundresses and popsicles!
We have a pool in the back yard. And AC and DVD's inside too.
We go to the pool with friends!
Popsicles and pool time in the backyard keep us cool! And air conditioning of course!
kjrigoulot at yahoo
Our above ground pool died so I have no idea what to do this summer. Prolly beach it.
We stay cool by swimming and eating lots of ice cream :)
Fill up our grandsons pool and jump right in with them. You know that is what us Mimi's do best!!!
We enjoy the good ole AC or time Grandma's pool!
Phew we keep cool by always having water buckets and a pool filled. phew, it gets hot here!!
I love our baby pool. I keep cool and the kids can play!
We are loving our swimming pool to stay cool this summer!
A hammock in the shade with a sprinkler on you...ahhhh!
Love water parks!
kyleighp78@yahoo.com
I keep cool by taking advantage of my friend's pool and staying indoors whenever the south's heat gets to be to much!
We keep cool with lots of fun at the pool!
We are all about the pool, and lots of lemonade.
We stay cool in the summer by trying to be in either the air conditioning or a body of water at all times. :-) Loved seeing your pics from Hawaiian Falls - we've keep tossing around the idea of going there and it looks so fun!
air condition, water parks, pools, and popsicles!
snolmstead@gmail.com
We head to the lake and spend the day on the boat skiing and/or swimming!! LOVE IT!!!
Gotta have some good AC to stay cool in Texas! ;)
aggiegal114@aol.com
We spend a lot of time playing in water!
We try to make it to the river or lake as much as possible!
lucky7_ks@yahoo.com
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rsmile2u @dejazzd .com
Swimming and playing in the sprinklers!
We keep cool by playing in the kiddie pool and eatin' popsicles under the shade! Suz, I've been reading your blog for some time now and LOVE it! I recently took your advice and bought Puddle Jumpers for my sons (3 yrs old and twin 2 yr olds) for our upcoming vacation. Hopefully they like them as much as your crew does!
~ Erin H.
erin_hein102205@yahoo.com
Swimming Pool and lots of ice tea is our way to keep cool!
I hang out in our basement a lot!
annashopper at gmail dot com
Go to the library! Air conditioning that I don't have to pay for, and books to enjoy in the heat!! :)
pennycouture@gmail.com
Oh, that looks SO fun!
stacikoudelka@hotmail.com
Swimming!
kstabler11@gmail.com
The sprinkler, pool, popsicles, bike rides, ice cream - everything fabulous about summer!
Big pools, little pools, any size pool!!! I'd go everyday if I could, except I need help with my 9 month old twins!
Be sure to make friends with people who have a neighborhood pool. :) We were at HF today and had a blast!
We love the water! We live minutes away from the beach and any chance we get we are in the ocean water!
melanienorman@mail.com
We're big fans of parks with shade over the playground equip! Not too many neighborhood water places where we are, so it is sprinklers, kiddie pools, popsicles, and the bounce house in the living room AC to keep cool with my kiddos!
Btw, saw your Puddle Jumpers and loved them. Bought it for my 3yr old girl and another for the 18mo girlie for next summer. SO GREAT! Best she has EVER done in the water when we tried it out last weekend! Thanks for the tip!
The pool is how we keep cool in the summer.
We keep cool by running through the sprinkler...making homemade Popsicles...and drinking ice cold sweet tea.
Hope you and your little ones had an amazing time at the waterpark!!
My boys love being outside. We have a small pool and a splash water table. We haven't taken them to the big pool yet, going to sometime this year.
sisaacs39@yahoo.com
I stay inside! Just kidding, well I do somedays.. I make/eat ice cream or popsicles and go swimming! :)
Looks like you all had fun. By the way love the puddle jumpers. After reading your blog and finding out you loved them with the quads I got one for Isabelle and it makes swimming much more fun for her and I both! Thanks :)
Stay inside and turn down the A/C!!
adrynjester@yahoo.com
AC is my best friend, unless there's a pool to keep cool! And some ice water :) With a little boy that Loooves to be outside i get my fair share of sun!
I love the arm floatie/suit deal the kiddos are wearing..where'd you find em??
We love hanging out at the pool at Lifetime Fitness. A good early evening swim wears my 3 little ones out! Makes for a much easier bedtime!
Carol Smith
smithc@hpisd.org
Looks like tons of fun!!! I work at a pool many hours a day, so this is definitely right up my alley :)
Thanks for sharing!
By the way, I also tweeted about it! :)
http://twitter.com/a_accornero
We try to either go to a pool or we go to Disney Water Parks. Anderson is not able to swim yet, but he is a fish already! :o) Love all the pictures, esp. Ben! :o)
N_Tarpley2004 at yahoo dot com
We head to the lake to go swimming and kayaking:)
jillwood@live.com
We keep cool by eating lots of chilled fruit and making our own popsicles. I think my girl has gills too, we love the pool!
We stay cool by going to our local country club and swimming EVERY.SINGLE.DAY!!! You gotta do, what you, what you gotta do! It helps our tan, too :) We also enjoy popcicles, kool-aid, and lots of water with lemon. Texas summers are the BEST!
Enjoyed reading about and seeing pics of your day at the water park. For cooling off summer fun, we go to my mama's pool.
I lay on my floaty in the lake! Ahhh, MN summers!
lots of water-- the pool, sprinkler, lake, whatever! :)
how cute!! looks like fun!
We play in the pool at the Gerwer's house or at Grammy's... Adam loves to skinny-dip! :)
We love going to the pool!
I keep cool by heading to the beach with my kids.
jeffersjet20@yahoo.com
we keep cool by hanging around the pool and drinking plenty of water!
happeningsofabubba@gmail.com
That place looks great- we're hoping to try it this summer! The points do seem nice because whoa, activities can add up!
We love being in the water if outdoors and otherwise staying indoors and watching movies, being lazy, browsing through indoor shopping areas to stretch our legs, etc.
Popsicles at the pool!
It looks like you guys had fun!!
With a nightly LOW of 81 here in So Fla, we live in the pool!!! Luckily my girlfriend a few doors down let's us hang in hers anytime!
Looks like a fun time! I stay cool by being stuck inside at work : ( Wish I could hang by the pool all day.
kyelizabeth at gmail dot com
we dont have AC, so we head up to the library and spend some time in their's!
Staying in the AC as much as possible, and frequenting the shaved ice stand when we can! :)
caroledenise(at)yahoo(dot)com
We don't have a pool, but we do have a trampoline and a water hose. My kids LOVE to play "water trampoline". My job is to constantly spray them with the water hose. We also play water limbo and water jumpo where they have to jump over the water hose spray. It's a blast!!!
I moved to Alaska! (seriously:)
I keep cool by hanging out in the pool!
I keep cool by swimming in my pool or sitting in the air conditioned house with all the lights off.
Ice cream! Yum!
Swimming! Always fun and a GREAT way to cool off on a hot summer day.
Water table or trip to the pool!
Little bit of a/c, pool, and ice cream!!!
babyj_99@hotmail.com
I keep cool in the summer by keeping a big box fan running in my living room and bedroom!
Lindsay
lindsay.zannis@gmail.com
I stay in the house! -Becky
balmanza7@sbcglobal.net
We go to our local spray/splash park a few times a week or we run through our sprinklers! Its HOT in TEXAS!
We swim, swim, swim!!
Fruity popsicles!
Sprinklers!!! Oh yeah, and Papa's pool, that works pretty well too :)
I keep cool in the pool!
Water, and LOTS of it. Be it at the lake, the pool, or a silly sprinkler in the backyard!!!!
Drinking lots of water and staying inside during the hottest parts of the day!
Kristin
kwolfrum@ymail.com
We love playing outside in the water when it's hot, whether it's swimming in the big pool, little pool, sprinkler or on his new favorite, the slip n slide!
jenn_levin at hotmail dot com
Staying inside is the only way to beat the Texas heat... especially as a fair-skinned redhead!
We keep cool by staying inside!!! Trying to beat the Houston heat is almost impossible!!!
jessica[dot]villalpando[at]gmail[dot]com
My daughter stays cool by eating lots of popsicles!
usac04@lsu.edu
Susie deGeneres
I pretty much just stay inside. But, I'm working on getting my 2yo out more. Hard balance!
We splash in the pool or play with our water table, which I highly recommend!!
We play with the Slip N Slide!! That is the most fun way to stay cool! Even with the pups!
We love to splash in the pool! paigemturner at hotmail dot com
We stay cool by going to the lake. On days that its too hot, we just stay inside!!!!
Sprinklers, Splashes, and Sweet Tea!
We go to the beach! It's like a 3 hr drive, but it's well worth the drive. My son is a complete beach bum.
charisscharity at yahoo dot com
Well, I live in Seattle, so keeping cool in the summer isn't really an issue. I keep warm on the cloudy days by doing a dance to make the sun come out. (Okay, not really.)
I'm from southern California, though... Definitely kept cool in those days with lots of visits to the pool, lots of fan and iced drinks. And occasionally just standing in front of the open fridge. Look, the green craze hadn't started yet, what can I say?
P.S. Your day at the water park looks so fun! I loved going to the water park as a kid. Our local water park was the one immortalized in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure as "Waterloo." :)
We keep cool by living in NW Montana! It just doesn't get very hot here for very many days. But on the hot days we pull out the sprinkler and have a blast!
brookies at earthlink dot net
I stay cool by laying in our pool on the weekends! My kids and I love being in the water.
erins3girls@hotmail.com
I figure skate - so I'm in the rink a lot!!!
I keep cool by swimming a water play with my kiddos or movies in the theater!
kathleen
kathleenmires@hotail.com
My little one loves the pool but when it comes to water in her face... well she is a diva. Hope you have more fun this summer!
When I am at the pool, I stay cool by standing in the pool and reading my book while in the water. Makes for odd tan lines, but definitely keeps me cool!
Dawn
The pool and popsicles are the way to go :)
Iced tea, my A/C, and occasionally the pool :))
By going to our friends' pool!
cookiesandclogs@gmail.com
The pool and pop-ice... just like when I was a kid!
Under Water!
nshutto@hotmail.com
In the pool outside or in the air conditioning inside!
How fun.. I would love to go to a water park!
Since I take Evening Primrose Oil for a hormonal imbalance, I have no climate control and stay extremely overheated. Especially on hot/humid/stagnant days in Alabama. Since I I get cabin fever by staying in the house A/C isn't a good answer.
So... I carry a bottle of water with me and if I get close to passing out. I pour the bottle of water over my shoulders, neck and back. Yes, it's true. I'm a walking wet t-shirt contest.
I keep cool by swimming with my little girls at the local pool, or eatting popsicles on the front step.
We stay coooooool in the pooooool =) My daughter has the same swimsuit--I love it! It is adorable!
Karen
karen.baldasaro@gmail.com
Swimming in the pool for sure!!
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My family go to the local aquatic center. It is so much fun to see my little one play in the water!
Live on a lake and jump in whenever we want!
I keep cool by swimming in my pool!!!
Kellieshsu06@yahoo.com
Happy Summer!!!!
kiddie pool, for sure!!
My 4 boys LOVE to play on their slip and slide or go swimming :)
by working out at 5:15am so I don't melt later in the day
I am so with Ben! I would have my eye on the giant bucket too ☺
We stay cool by getting in the pool! We've got our Puddle Jumpers and we're ready to roll!
we love going to the pool
Awww cute photos!! So adorable, the kids look like they had a fun time. We like to go swimming, go to the beach, and even put the sprinkler on at home for the kids to run through. Thanks!
shevilkenevil1 at aol dot com
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that looks like so much fun! My kids would not have liked the big water bucket either.
We play lots in the kiddie pool in the backyard when its hot! and serve up lots of popsicles!
swimming or being in the air conditioning! its hot down south :)
SPRINKLERS! My two girls love the water and since we don't have a pool at our house... we find fun with sprinklers. pamelascott@charter.net
Awesome!!
Staying indoors with the AC blasting and eating italian ice!! :-)
Keeping cool by swimming is the best way for us!! My 2 girls are like little fish and love to be in the water!! Oh and being in the A/C isn't a bad choice either :)
info@CustomKidsDecor.com
I keep cool in the summer by using the air conditioning and drinking tons of water!
We keep cool in the summer at the pool! My kids are like fish and could stay all day long. :)
we take the kids to the pool to keep cool
teechbiz at gmail dot com
the a/c definitely comes in handy during those hot days!
eyeontheprize444[at]gmail[dot]com
I keep cool by turning the a/c up and hiding in the basement where it is cool!!
Ice cold lemonade on a hot hot day.
my kids have a mamma who loves her AC! We will be visiting the movies, indoor climbing gyms, and other COOL fun stuff :)
jillk77 at aol dot com
we keep cool by heading to the community pool or the beach :)
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Ice water and stay inside!
http://twitter.com/tcarolinep/status/17172839728
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We love Rita's Waterice to stay cool
We keep cool by taking advantage of the free splash pads at community parks and by visiting friends who live in higher elevations.
we stay in and watch movies
bluegirl1423@gmail.com
We are lucky enough to live across the street from our community pool so we are there a lot! And when the weather doesn't allow that we hang out in the media room in our basement and enjoy movies!!
Go to beach or park to have a picnic in the shade - nice and cool with a breeze!
mjharvey26 at yahoo dot com
Joy
We keep cool by staying indoors a lot and going to indoor play places. It's H-O-T in TX in the summertime.
lots of swimming and popsicles
with take our pontoon out to the middle of the lake and jump in! :)
We keep cool in our backyard pool
ajolly1456 at gmail dot com
I tweeted
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I stay mostly indoors during the day and play in the pool after sunset.
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I stay cool by drinking plenty of water and staying out of the sun from 11 am to 2 pm. I try not to use the stove or oven at all.
runningmatey at hotmail dot com
we love to head to the beach...water here in San Diego is perfect in the summer time. Great pics from the water park!
Your family is so cute!! I try to stay cool in this AWFUL heat & humidity here in SC, by staying in air conditioning as much as possible lol
I really want to go swimming soon though..I prefer a pool to the beach! lol
Thanks for the chance to win!
ajoebloe(at)gmail(dot)com
* and I'm with Caity...I feel ya on that one! I'm @ the library now on my laptop lol ;)
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I tweeted about your giveaway:
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ajoebloe(at)gmail(dot)com
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The library is a good place when it's hot outside. (also when it's cold and everywhere in between. Thanks for the contest.
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I keep my crew cool in the summer with water balloons and home made ice cream.
If we can't be in water than air conditioning is the next best thing.
We keep cool with AC and lots of swimming!!
Angie
one 4 earth at aol dot com
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Angie
one 4 earth at aol dot com
We have a galvanized water trough in our yard that we fill up with city water and use 3x. Its wonderful! After those 3 uses, we use the stale water to water our gardens and then start over!
Scott
nynekats at aol dot com
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Scott
nynekats at aol dot com
We love to go swimming.
donna444444@yahoo.com
I like my airconditioning!
tweet here
http://twitter.com/Grandma3710/status/17450453725
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