Yesterday we had a picnic at the local splash park. Ryan and I picked Garrett up, and he made a list of what we should have at our picnic. His sandwich of choice was cucumber. He had never had one before, but that is what he wanted (he ended up eating Cajun roast beef like Ryan).

After everyone had eaten, we let them hit the water. It’s so hard to believe that last year the girls would not even get in the water.

I told her to strike a pose, and this is what she did.

Garrett enjoyed all of the splash area, but the buckets that dump on your head was his favorite. He even “tricked” Ryan into getting under a bucket.

Jonathan jumped in front of the camera, but check out G in the background.

And then there’s this:

I’m not sure what was going on here. The Heimlich, showing some man love, or saving a small child from Jonathan spraying water in their eyes???

Then there was this thing to climb on. We called it the Death Trap.

They were even a little scared by it. Who builds something that tall without serious padding underneath? I guess the thrill is why they liked it so much.

We had made Garrett sit still long enough to put a fresh coat of sunscreen on when he said this, “This is fun. Can we come back here on our next play outing?” How sweet is that.

He ran around in the water for at least two hours straight. That didn’t stop him from being silly in the car on the way home. He kept saying, “Look! I’m Ryan!” Silly boy.

Unfortunately the only photo I got of Caitlyn was when she was throwing a fit. She did calm down and have fun after this. We all had a good time.