We had a free day on Saturday, so we decided to fill it with some summer fun. I needed to go out to IKEA to get something, so we decided to head up to Frisco for the morning. We got our Saturday morning breakfast tacos at Rudy's. Then we headed to a spray park near downtown Frisco to see what Cooper thought since he had enjoyed splashing at the Arboretum so much.
We got there around 9:00, so it wasn't too crowded yet. Cooper got right in with the water and did some splashing. He was not a fan of the water that came above his head or that dumped from above, but he was able to find plenty of smaller sprays to play in.
He lasted about 30 minutes before he was ready to move on and walk around. He headed across the field toward the playground and after a few times of bringing him back to the splash pad, we decided to call it. We changed him into dry clothes and headed to the playground.
When I had looked up spray parks in Frisco I had no idea the one we went to was connected to such a cool park. It was huge and had a ton of different areas to play. Half of it was built as an inclusive playground so there were lots of ramps to climb and no wood chips to fall on. There is currently a fundraiser to build an inclusive park in our neighborhood and even though I know it won't be anywhere near this scale, it made me even more excited for it.
After a long bout of playing, we packed up and headed to IKEA. I snapped this picture of our sweaty headed boy as we left the park. He actually did really well keeping his hat on while he played, usually he just takes it off immediately, so it made him pretty sweaty. A perfect example of summer playtime in Texas.
We ran a few errands and then grabbed lunch before heading home. We went to a wing place close to our house. Usually we share our food with Cooper. David had gotten macaroni and cheese for him and I gave him some of my chicken, but he really didn't want to eat any of it. After a while he started reaching for my plate, so I let him grab some chicken. He proceeded to go to town on a chicken wing. He seemed to really enjoy it.
After lunch we headed home for naptime. Cooper took a good long nap and then he had a snack before we packed up to head out again. Our city pools opened for the year on Saturday so they had a free splash day where entry to all pools was free. We decided to go back to the pool we visited last year to check out their baby pool. We knew they had something but we weren't sure what it was like, so we thought we'd check it out while it was free.
It was pretty minimal-- just a 1.5 foot pool with nothing in it. But Cooper loved being able to stand up and sit down in the water and splashed and played for over an hour.
We checked out the big pool for a little while where Cooper splashed a little in the fountains, but then he was ready to head back to the baby pool. We splashed a little more before calling it a night.
We packed a dinner to eat poolside while we dried off. Cooper enjoyed his poolside dinner and seemed pretty relaxed with his fruit and veggie pouch!
It was a full Saturday and a great way to kickoff the month of June! Cooper definitely loves the water and has a blast splashing and playing. We're looking forward to lots more summer fun as a family!
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