Knight's Action Park
I planned to go to Kinghts Action Park yesterday morning, but it was cloudy and hazy all morning. I piddled around all morning and when Ally woke up from her nap, it looked a little more sunny, so we decided to go. She was very excited when we got close enough that she could see the pools. First, I let her get in a big one by the lazy river. It slopes in and goes to about 18 inches or maybe 2 feet deep. She lept wanting to go in deeper than I wanted her too, and chase the big kids. So we went further in to the kids area - "Seal Bay". The water there was 12 to 18 inches, but she didn't mind at all. She walked right in. First, there were some kids jumping on a floating turtle and falling off into the water. She thought that was hilarious. She laughed and laughed.
It took her a little while to realize that she could stand up in the water. She'd walk a little then slip. I was holding both her hands, so when that happened, I just lifted a little and she floated. She didn't realize she could put her feet back down. But once she got past that, there was no stopping her. She refused to let me hold onto her a couple times. But, she'd get walking too fast and her feet would go out from under her. So I had to get as close as she would let me so I could catch her. We wandered around and played in the water for a while.
Then we went down some slides together. She wanted to go down one that I was too big for (according to the lifeguard). It was barely even a slope over a distance of about 6 feet. So I helped her walk up the rampto it, and she climbed over the edges and sat down while I ran back to the bottom to catch her. I shouldn't have bothered to run. It took her about 5 minutes just to get into sliding position. Then, she sat there and yelled at me to get out of her way, because she didn't want me to catch her. I had to move to the side and she proceeded to scoot down. She finally got to the end and I helped her slide off. When we went to yet another slide, a lady offered to watch her climb up while I waited in the water, so I didn't have to worry as much. Then, her daughter (maybe 3 years old) took over. She grabbed Ally's hand and tried to drag her around everywhere. She helped her climb up ladders, and sit down to slide. She even tried to push me away once. I had to tell her to give Ally some space. ALly didn't seem to mind though.
I finally asked someone what time it was. It was 6:20 and Ally hadn't eaten supper yet. I had no idea. We left the house at 4:30. So I asked Ally if she was hungry, and she signed "eat, eat, eat". She didn't throw a fit when we changed clothes and left, but you could tell that she wasn't thrilled about it, she was just too hungry to stay.
Posted by ktjrdn
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