Traveling back in time to last weekend, before school began. I had been feeling guilty ever since someone asked the boys, “what did you do this summer?” and their wry response was “We moved here.” I realized that their summer vacation had been a bit lacking in the fun department and resolved to have at least one thing that they could look back on as a fun summer memory.
So after church on Friday we headed to Yas Waterworld. Too many waterslides to count, a wave pool, 3 different kid splash play areas, and a lazy river.
We all needed a day that was just for fun — no thinking about moving, school, or work for a change.
I left my camera in my bag while we played in the water all day. It was HOT, but the water was perfectly cooled. Meels and I played and rode slides in the kid’s area while the boys all went to check out the big rides and see which ones Camille could handle.
They overestimated her thrill-seeking capacity and said that one of the family rides would be fun for all of us. But when they weighed our group before loading us onto the 6 person raft, and told us where we needed to sit based on weight, I started to have doubts. Then we hit the first steep drop and flew straight down and Camille started bug-eyed screaming. They chose poorly. We all survived, but girlie was wary of all the other rides after that. We finally coaxed her on a “normal” inner-tube ride (doubles, so she didn’t have to go alone) and then she forgave them and was a happy slider after that.
This is the “don’t touch me” face that immediately precedes the smiling Happy Family photo.
and then of course girlie had to jump into the photo and take over the spotlight
It was such a fun day that she was mad when we told her it was time to go home. She even wanted to go back on the “scary slide” one more time, but we told her we’d have to save it for our next visit.
The park is open until 10pm on Fridays so people were still pouring in as we were heading home. I guess we aren’t Gulf natives yet. When night falls I want to be on my couch with my feet up, not fighting masses of people in line at the waterpark.