The Basketball Pool Becomes a Stage

Landon's pool was his stage, and his shovel a very fine guitar.

(Lyrics: Indescribable, uncontainable, you placed the stars in the sky and you know them by name)

8/19

Mommy, Daddy, and Landon's Day 'o Fun!

10 points goes to anyone who can leave a comment telling me what the Friends reference in that title is!

We took work off today to recover from our week of VBS, and we decided that Landon could use a special day to make up for how crazy busy we've been lately.

We didn't want to tell him where we were going until we got there, just in case something fell through. We just said we were going to have a special adventure. But when we put on his water shoes, he said, "We're going swimming!" So I told him, "No, but we're going to have Mommy, Daddy, and Landon's Day 'o Fun!"

So what did we do? We took a drive up to our local AMBUCS park (a playground designed to be accessible to kids with disabilities), so we could play at their splash park. Landon had a ton of fun in the water. He preferred hanging around the edges rather than running through the sprays, but he kept saying, "You having fun!" (meaning, "I'm having fun!"), so we knew he was having a blast.

At the beginning of this video, Landon's saying, "Look at that!"


It turns out it's a really cool park all around. They have a lot of playground equipment, including a few items that most parks don't have, such as some large xylophone-type instruments.


We spent a long time playing, and we hope to go back before summer ends


We went home for lunch and naptime, then continued our fun day. We took a walk and ran some errands along the way, including a stop at the library to check out a new stack of books for Landon. He got to play outside while we grilled a very summery dinner (chicken with White Barbeque Sauce, grilled corn on the cob, Kashi Pilaf with butter and homegrown basil, homemade bread, and cherries). We ate outside, then went out for ice cream. MMM!!!:)

Playing outside

The pool has been a huge hit. Today is the first time in several days that we haven't used it, but we did a few other things this evening instead.

I bought a giant bubble wand (Incredibubble Bubble Wand) last night for our VBS carnival on Sunday. Landon saw it and wanted to try it out. It's taking some practice to learn how to use it, but we are slowly getting the hang of it. Really, though, we had the most fun with the smaller ones. Landon is doing a good job of blowing his own bubbles now.


We also got out the Waterpillar, and all three of us took turns running through it. Tony and I thought the water was a bit cold, but Landon got a big kick out of us playing it in with him. I think he would have stayed in it all night if we'd let him.

In case Tuesday's video of Landon wasn't enough for you...

Here are two more from today: