Sliding through Summer

We don't care if it's hot as you know what, we are having fun this summer! Last summer we had just moved here so we didn't know the lay of the land. Plus, Gus was still a baby and not as portable. Now I've got two KIDS on my hands, rather than a baby and a kid, so we can do all the summertime activities. 

One of our favorite places to cool off is the Frisco Athletic Center. We got a membership there just for the summer so we could use their awesome pools. (It's very reasonable for residents to join because it's a city facility.) The indoor pool has a great kids splash area with two slides and lots of "water traps" as Leo calls them. Leo likes to hang out on the top area and set them off. 

When we first started going here this summer Gus would not go down any of the slides. But when he saw his younger friend Rowan ("Row Row") do it, he acted like he was a slide veteran. 

Here are two videos of Gus having a blast on the slides! 

I don't have any pictures of the boys at the outdoor pool but I grabbed a couple off the web.
Here is the splash pool we play in. Gus went down the little red slide and the green slide for the first time today! And do you see that mini water tower? When the whistle blows it explodes and a ton of water dumps all over you if you're in the "right" place.

And here's a pic of the whole thing. We hit the big pool and the lazy river when Frank comes with us on the weekends. 

Frank and I even took turns going down the big slides! Oh, and I forgot to say that, of course, Leo does all the slides in the splash pools with no problem although he was too busy with the water traps to perform for my videos.

Stay cool. We are!