Monday, September 11, 2017

Neighborhood Pool Party and a hike at Turtle Park



Our neighborhood is better than yours!! I'll say, we really lucked out picking this neighborhood - so many things about it was exactly what we were looking for! Every year, they end the pool season with a huge barbecue pot luck pool party, complete with a HUGE water slide!

Brock was in heaven!! Brock and I arrived at the pool early, so I was nominated to do the first 3 runs down the slide with Brock. After that, he was set to go ALL BY HIMSELF. He was definitely the youngest one on the slide that day.

He also didn't have much weight, so it didn't seem like he was going that fast once he got to the straight away.

An adorable movie really showcasing Brock's excitement! :)

He got lots more swimming practice in that day - perfect for swimming lessons the following day!

Floating


On our last "free day" before school started, we headed back to Crowder Park (Turtle Park) for some more playground time.




There's a little dirt path off the nice paved path and we decided to follow it! Totally a very short hike, but Brock loved pointing out all the things on the way!

We found a cool rock to climb on!


And then we found these three stacks of rocks sitting around a tree. I had just finished saying "Be careful, it will fall" and snapped the picture. That is the face of someone who touched the top of the pile and surprisingly, three rocks fell off. Oops! We put it back together before we left.

The boys found a little amphitheater and took turns doing a silly dance on stage while the other watched. Brock, of course, wouldn't let me take a picture.

We came out of the woods and took a little break on the rocking bench by the lake. The boys were very content rocking.....

...until Brock pointing out "Momma, what's that long fish right there??" Nope, wasn't a fish, that was a snake coming out of the water.  Snapped a picture for Brent and he confirmed it was a harmless corn snake.

We continued on our walk to the boardwalk to spot the turtles.



It was a really gorgeous day - not as oppressively hot as when we were there last taking professional pictures.

Lastly, a few pictures when Grandma came to visit. I think Mia was the only one looking right at me the whole time!


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