Over breakfast Thursday morning I asked Eli what we should do today. Eli promptly replied, "We're going to Millenium Park with Lexi and Tori. And you're bringing snacks!" I thought that sounded like a pretty good idea to me, so we called up Aunt Lori to see if they and/or the girls were free. Millenium Park has a beach and a splashpad but I wasn't thinking of going there at first because it costs money to get in. But it doesn't cost much money and we decided to try it out. Grandma came with to help with the kids, and even though we got a bit of a late start (Eli ate breakfast at 10:30, so by the time we had the idea, cleared it, packed, etc. it was mid-afternoon by the time we got to the park) we had a great time and it was worth the money to get in.
We played at the splashpad first and the kids liked it, but the water was quite cold and it wasn't quite hot enough to really enjoy it fully. So we headed to the beach for the rest of the afternoon. We swam (it only gets chest deep so that was nice), built a sand castle complex complete with a lake, and had lots of fun. We'll definitely be going back!
Eli watched Tori go in first to see if she liked it.
Playing together at the water tables at the splashpad.
Lexi ventures through the rings and the spray!
Matea, eating the water of course.
Splashing around and screaming, that's our girl!
Now I'm in the lake!
Filling our little lake with water!
It takes a lot of water!
Eli's "sand dozer" cleared out the path to the lake.
Matea loved sitting in the water and playing too!
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