It has been SO hot this week; triple digit hot! Today was one of those 100 degree days so we headed outside. Maybe you're thinking, "are you crazy, its too hot" however we had a great time cooling off and playing in the water. I didn't want to be stuck inside. We stayed outside for 2hrs. Both Corin and Declan had a great time.
First they played in the sprinkler. Well, Corin played in it. Declan just watched and pointed at it. I got him close enough for his arm to get wet, but that was as far as we would go.
Corin got disinterested in the sprinkler quickly, which I'm not sure why, but oh well. However, I knew what he would enjoy and how he could cool off.
The hose! Yep, jus the plain ol' hose, nothing fancy!
Corin thought Declan needed to get wet and cool off so he took it upon himself to spray Declan. That's what a big brother is for, right? Declan wasn't too found of it. He never screamed or cried, just whinned about it.
After awhile it was Declan's turn to have some fun with the hose, his way. I just laid it on the ground in front of him and he splashed in it. We do have a small pool, but I didn't want to blow it up.
He had SO much fun!!
Then, we let Corin join in.
Corin also made a shower with the hose by putting it on the branches of the tree.
Actually, he tried it many times making various versions of it.
Our grass has dry spots thoughout it and weeds. Since it was getting such a great watering in places I got to pull some weeds quite easily and even had Corin focus specifically on saturating places so I could get the weeds out. Well, of course this caused some holes and let to mud puddles. Both boys had fun in the mud puddles.
Declan playing in the hole and mud that I made after pulling the weeds.
Corin making mud puddles in the dry, practically dead grass.
After 2 hours outside in the heat and water we were getting tired and ready to go in.
But it was fun!
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