Sunday, July 25, 2010

Waterpark

Turns out we have free waterpark passes daily to a great waterpark. We went today and had an absolute blast. I'd like to especially remark on Ben's bravery when suddenly at the end of the day he decided to ride the 2nd most scary slide 3x!!! There is a fine line between pressing your kiddo to do something you know they will end up loving, and overly pressuring your kid to do it. We haven't actually found the happy medium, and have generally stopped the over pressure. So today, we didn't press Ben at all. And he spent the whole day having a blast on the very little kid stuff, as he should since he is 4. But suddenly after seeing other kids go down the bigger slides, he decides on his own to be a daredevil. So funny. Also I had been pressing Charlie (2) to try the little tiny waterslide a bit. Put him down it once. He didn't want to go again. Then suddenly as he is watching all the other kids do it over and over. He just goes and starts doing it on his own. This says a lot for peer pressure. Kids are going to be influenced by their peers no matter what. We have to help them stick with good peers whom we like : ) Cousins are perfect. Also I don't want to forget: -I walked in to check on all the sleeping kids last night. Jack was using Charlie as a teddy bear. -Elaina was her usual endearing self as she insisted on my calling her Ariel and that I be called Arista, mermaid sisters. She said, "Arista, let's swim free out to see, just flex your fins!" -I played minigolf with Ben and Drew (both 4yrs old). They were hilarious complimenting each other and giving each other tips.

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