Water Fun

Carson is on the far diving board and his friend is on the high dive

  

Carson is jumping off the high dive

Calleigh sliding down the slide she loves so much

Carson's friend from Rockwall, Brett, is in town visiting his grandparents.  We met up with them for a playdate over the weekend and the boys had a great time together.  Brett's grandmother suggested that we take the boys to an aquatic center in Santa Clarita for another playdate.  Considering I know very little about the area and fun things to do outside of the beach and Disney, I decided it would be a fun adventure and a great chance to try something new.  So, yesterday we met up with Brett and his grandmother and Celeste and Colin for a day at the pool.

I was surprisingly impressed with this aquatic center and the way they operate the whole park.  Before you can swim in the large 13 foot deep swimming pool, you have to pass a swimming test with a lifeguard.  Absolutely no floaties or life vests allowed in this big pool.  They give you a bracelet to wear all day so the other lifeguards know that you are okay to swim in the pool.  Carson took this test right off the bat because it meant one thing to him - he could jump off the diving boards.  And not just any diving board.  He wanted to jump off the high dive!  He managed to climb the ladder, walk to the end of the diving board, and then promptly turn around and attempt to climb down the ladder.  The lifeguard, however, told him to turn right back around and jump into the pool!  He did just that and then jumped many times throughout the day from that high dive.  :-)

There is also a splash pool with a small slide and water fountain like things and water pouring out of buckets overhead, etc.  It's a great little kid play area.  Calleigh stuck to this area all day and repeatedly went down the slide into the water.  She also liked turning all of the gadgets that made water spray everywhere.  It was great fun for her.

After Carson conquered his fear of jumping from the high dive, he decided to try the water slide (a mini version of what you would find at Hawaiian Falls).  He loved it!  His most favorite thing about the water slide is laying down flat on your back because you can go really fast.

All in all it was a fun day.  A day in the water for a very hot day in California.  A day with friends from Texas and California.  A day of fun.  We all slept very well last night :-)