Splash Day!

Ok, 3 days at work was enough for me so I took today off and took the girls to the park down the street. The park has a fun water feature with fountains and bubbly streams and pools to splash around in. Annie was kind of intimidated by it until I got soaked by a sneak attack fountain. After that she was having a grand time, as long as I was not more than 3 feet away from her. This got a little more difficult after Olivia woke up from her nap. So I tried to stay in the one spot that I thought I might be safe from any water squirts to try and prevent Olive from getting soaked like the rest of us. Apparently this is a pretty popular park because about 30 minutes after we got there a whole bus load of kids showed up, and then as we were leaving another group of kids showed up.

Since Annie had been really good all morning I thought I would treat her to a happy meal lunch. Of course she went straight for the toy and the carton of milk that came with it. Finally I convinced her to eat the apple dippers. After those were gone and in an effort to make the chicken nuggets look more appealing, I took a bite thinking I would make a big deal about how great they were and perhaps Annie might take the bait and try a bite or two. I don't know how many of you have actually tried the McNuggets, but they tasted like they had been battered in a sugar and honey mixture. With that discovery and the fact that dipping the chicken in the leftover caramel sauce from her apples made them even more sweet, she gobbled them all up and then finished off my french fries. I was amazed, I've never seen her eat so much. Me on the other hand, my hamburger, blaghk! I can still taste and feel the grease gunk in my mouth. Next time, I'm going for a sugar loaded happy meal! Well maybe not...it depends on what toy they have that day...