Raging Waves

Today we went to a water park in Yorkville. My friend Chrissy had gotten us a free ticket through school and on the day that they went, we were unable to join them. Mike and I decided that we would spend our last summer day together (he usually has Mondays off, but not next week) and check out the water park. My friend Colleen and her family are members, so we asked them to join us. They were not able to come, but did allow us to "borrow" their 3 1/2 year old Clare. We thought that if Riley had a partner in crime she would have more fun. Well when we got there, Riley went on one little slide and then decided that she was not going to go on anymore. Since Clare is an old pro, Mike decided that they would go on all the big slides and Riley could just sit out and have her fit (did I not mention that she had a mini-meltdown every time I suggested doing anything). Mike and Clare had a blast together and I finally did convince Riley to float around in the lazy river with me, even though she cried the 2 times the bridge rained on her. We met back up and had lunch. Then it was time for Clare to go home, but we stayed for a while longer. We checked out the "beach" and the wave pool. Then Mike decided that I ought to have a little fun, so I went on a few slides alone and they bummed around in the splash area. The one place that she did enjoy herself. Even though Riley was timid, we still had a fun day and it was good to be together (for the most part) and soaking up the nice summer day, especially since it started off raining and we thought we would have to cancel. Later on tonight, Riley told Mike that she did not want to go on any slides because it was too cold and she did not want to get wet:)