Splash Pad

As of yesterday I decided to keep Owen up all morning and transition him into one nap per day.

It was taking him so long to fall asleep for each of his naps and at bedtime, so I figured he 

was ready to make the switch.  He's done great so far!  I truly believe that this kid

never runs out of energy though, so staying up the few extra hours wasn't that bad.

I try to keep him busy all morning so he doesn't realize that he might be getting sleepy.

Today's morning activity...the SPLASH pad!

 

We went to visit Val, Ruby and Max and decided to walk over to the park so the kids could

run around for a little while.  Little did I know the splash pad was on.  I wasn't quite sure

how Owen would react, but once he saw the water there was no keeping him away.

At first he slowly walked up to check it out and one of the streams splashed on top of his head

and in his face.  He got startled and ran away, but just as quickly as he was out of reach of the

 water, he was running right back in this time with a little more confidence.  He ran back and

forth over and over again through the streams of water.  The fact that he was getting soaking

wet and splashed in the face didn't phase him at all.  

He was having such a great time and it was absolutely hilarious to watch.  A little terrifying as

well because he would get so excited that he would run even faster than normal.  Thankfully

 we escaped with only one bump to the forehead.  And bump or not, there was nothing 

that was going to keep him from playing in the water.  

The picture with his arms out is one of my favorites.  Though you might think he is at the

beginning of a fall, that was really how he was running through the water with his arms out to

the sides like that.  So hilarious.  What's even more fun is we ran into Owen's cousins

there, so that is Ava Kate and Olivia in the picture with him.  He had so much fun

and I am so happy that he took to the water so well because now we have

another summer activity we can add to our list of things to keep us busy.

Side Note:  Today was the first day Owen got himself up on his own when he fell down. 
Normally he crawls over to me or something else he can help himself up with.  But today he got
on all fours, put his two feet down and used his hands on the ground to push himself up.  
YAY Owen!!