SunSplash

July 9

SunSplash has become a tradition that the kids love! We've gone almost every year. Almost because I've always had help. I can't go by myself with the 4 kids because 1) they can't carry the big floaties up by themselves, and 2) Alexis can't go on hardly anything, and I can't send the other 3 by themselves.

So, I decided to get a babysitter. I knew it'd cost me $100 to have someone watch her ALL day, but I knew it'd be totally worth it. And Maddi was game, so we went for it.

I invited the cousins to come along and since LeiLani wanted to bring Eli, we picked a day when Paul could go as well. Let's just say that I'm so happy Maddi could watch Alexis. Paul, Kai, Luke, Logan, Taylor, Kendall, and I went on everything, except 1 crazy slide. We did stuff from 11 to about 4, with a lunch break. Meanwhile, Eli couldn't go on stuff, or wouldn't go on stuff, so LeiLani sat on the chair while he ate snacks, or lounged in the shallow pool while he splashed around on the steps. Had I brought Alexis with me, that's what I would've been doing. 

Eventually, once Paul had gone on everything at least once, he traded LeiLani and watched Eli. But by then, the kids only wanted to go on the same 2 slides, so LeiLani and I sat down and watched them go down the side over and over again. We left around 6, just one hour before they closed. And no one got sun burned! It was a fun day, and I think that from now on, this is a tradition we're going to have to do with the cousins. Because cousins make everything better.