Will and I made a weekend visit to Grandma Joni and Grandpa Roger and enjoyed some fun in the Kansas sun! This cutie is a great travel companion. We had to check his car seat and suitcase, so he entertained me while we waited in line. After dinner, his car started to roll off the "cliffhanger" but it stopped!
First up was a trip to Lakeside Park for fishing! Grandpa had wisely purchased two Cars poles and tested them out at home before heading to the park. Good thing, too, because one didn't work. The second one worked long enough to catch another fishing pole and then a fish before breaking! Oh my goodness we were all sure excited about Will reeling in that fish!!
In the afternoon we went to the McPherson Water Park which is where I worked in high school - when it was just the "city pool." They now have a lazy river, splash area, and this bulldog slide for the kids. Will couldn't go down the big twisty slide, because he was barely tall enough and I didn't feel confident that he could swim without his floatie at the end. Same with the diving board; they wouldn't let him go off with the floatie, so we stuck to the lazy river and dog slide. He was still appropriately worn out though!
It was definitely summer in Kansas, so we were thankful for ice cream! We picked up some Father's Day treats and redeemed a coupon for a free Blizzard that Will won last year when we were in town. He needed it after playing at a playground with zero shade!
I'd be remiss to not post pictures of Will's big adventures in sand and dirt! Visting Grandma and Grandpa's is really a boy's dream come true: they have ice cream; puppy dogs; and dirt piles! These three pictures were taken by my dad on a walk with Will and the puppies to the garden shop/nursery at the end of their block. His shoes had a half inch of sand in them when he got back to my parents' house!
Before heading back home, we had lunch and play time with Dan, Ben and Hannah (and Lesley and Lauren) in Wichita. As you can imagine the almost 6, just turned 5, and almost 4 year old boys got along famously. At least, I assume they did. I enjoyed sitting on the deck talking to the ladies and wasn't really paying very close attention! There was baseball, running, hot dogs, lemonade, and grandma assisted climbing in trees. What's not to love?!
Hannah enjoyed going between the yard with the boys and the deck with the ladies. It was fun to meet the kids that I have watched grow on their blog!
