Splash pads

We have gone on several play dates to splash pads. There are so many around. We went to the Highland Splash pad first. It's probably our favorite one that we've been to. The boys love playing in the "river". Roman loves throwing rocks into the waterfall, and Hudson even likes that one. We met my friends Amy and Reagan and their kids there. They had fun running up and down the river together. It was awesome because usually if we could find one we would find them all. Sometimes that was a bad thing because we would find them all (in trouble).





The next week we decided to try the Alpine splash pad. We brought a picnic lunch with us so we sat and ate lunch then went to the water area to let the kids play in the water. I think they had as much fun playing on the fence as they did in the water.




Roman really wanted to check out the playground there too. He was a little nervous at first, he is a cautious kid (at first, until he knows he can do something then he's wild) he was so proud of himself when he made it across the ladder area all by himself. I told Roman he could do one last thing then we needed to go so he wanted to spin. I spun him around really fast then we had to wait a few minutes before we left because he was complaining that his tummy hurt (poor kid gets crazy bad motion sickness).




The day after we went to the Apline splash pad we had a play date with some of our friends from our old neighborhood at the Herriman splash pad. Roman was a total grump that day and didn't want to get in the water at all. He played on the playground some but he mostly just sat at the table with us while we talked. Hudson was in prime form too, it was nap time and I ended up leaving with both kids screaming. I stole this picture from Meredith's blog, I didn't have my camera with me.

Top - Me, Hudson, Christy, Sherry, and Meredith
Bottom - Julie and Christa


We tried to go to the Riverton splash pad, but that was an epic fail. My friend had tried going a few weeks ago and it was closed. So I called Riverton parks and rec to make sure it was open. They said unless there was a problem with the water it was open for the season. We got there and it very obviously was NOT open for the season. The splash pad was fenced off, the road into the parking lot was closed and there was heavy machinery doing construction right next to the water play area. So we went to the Herriman splash pad again. Both boys fell asleep on the way there and I almost turned around to go home. I decided to ask Roman if he wanted to wake up and play or just turn around and go home. It took him a minute to decide but he did indeed want to play. I'm actually glad that we stayed. Both boys had such a great time. It took Roman a few minutes to wake up and get going but once he was going, he was non-stop. He was all over the place. We stayed for about 2 hours and both boys had fun playing in the water.