now that camp, big summer events and some work projects are out of the way we are making the most of what’s left of our summer. and even though it’s pretty chilly for august it’s not stopping us from getting a little wet!

today we went to this splash pad that, before earlier this summer, I had never heard of. it’s crazy how you can live in a place for so long and not know what’s out there. anyway, a few weeks ago when my mom, the girls and I were at the park at high park, a lady told us about kidstown in scarborough. and let me tell you, it ain’t your ordinary splash pad. it’s a free, city-run kids water park, with slides and huge water apparatuses dumping, squirting, spraying and shooting water at your kids. we went with “the gang”, our fun-loving three-pack of cousins and they all loved it.

and if you’re a parent of young kids, you will know that splash pad water is freezing. like, freezering freezing.

but that didn’t stop them from jumping in and having a blast.

my kids, well at least the littlest one, was a bit too small to enjoy fully. she’s only just getting steady on her feet on dry, flat land, so that was a bit of a challenge here. next summer insha’allah.

in the end we picnicked, we parked and we splashed, then we all crashed for nap. myself included!

have you ever been to kidstown? how have I never heard of this place?! and if you have not been, check it out the next time we get a sweltering hot day. which will hopefully be soon!

x,

t

ps. I realize how funny this all looks that there is no water in any of the shots. ha. for some reason this particular zone didn’t have water running yesterday, but it ended up being my kids favourite part!