Hydrant Party

Here in Council Bluffs they have a fun, FREE activity for the kids. It is called a Hydrant Party. it is put on by the Parks and Recreation, the water department, the fire department and a store called Hyvee. Every tuesday and thrusday at different places around the city, the fire department sets up these two sprinklers that were made out of pvc pipe. They hook it up to a fire hydrant and let the kids go wild. There is one that gets tons of pressure for the big kids and a little one for the little kids. I didn't take Dallin because he was asleep. The boys had a blast and did I mention that it was FREE.Lincoln didn't know what to think at first. I don't think he liked it getting in his face. We never did convince him to go through the big one. He did have fun. Towards the end, he tried jumping on the hose to change the water flow, but he was not heavy enough to make a difference.
Noah is not a big sprinkler fan. It took awhile for him to want to join in. Once he saw how much fun he could have, he started enjoying it.
Cameron loved every bit of it. He was in and out of the sprinkler the whole time we were there. He could go inside the big one and sit down and not have water hitting him. I think that he could also walk through and not have it hit in his eyes because of where the water crossed.
Oh yeah, they also hand out Popsicles. FREE Popsicles. Every kid got about three each. I think Lincoln liked that the best!

That is one of the fun things we have found to do this summer. We are spending a lot of time getting the house together. I will post pictures later of all of our (my) painting and yard work.