Summer fun

We almost finished the playset Saturday, but it is to the point where they can go down the slide, at least. I took them out today, but it was just after lunch and it was pretty hot. So I decided to turn on this new sprinkler I had bought. It's one of those where the water comes out of this little arch and the arch moves back and forth..you've probably seen them.

Well, the boys thought this was really interesting. They abandoned the new slide and came to investigate. Like every kid I've seen, they wanted to get right up to where the water was coming out. But because the angle of the water spray changes, they got sprayed of course. PJ5 was pretty quick to figure out how to run away and avoid water in his face, but NB wasn't so quick.

It was hilarious to watch NB. He would sit down on the ground real close to the sprinkler on the side where the water wasn't going so he could put his hands in the spray. Then as the water slowly came towards him, he didn't "remember" to move until the water was hitting him in the head and then he would turn around and crawl/run away. Then after it went back to the other side, he would come back and do it all over again. Sometimes he would go around to the other side and try again. My verbal description doesn't really do it justice, but it was really funny to watch and the expressions on his face were great.

After about 10-15 minutes he figured out how to lean back or scoot back on his bottom so the water wouldn't hit him in the face. (That was about the time I got out the video camera, of course.) By the time we turned off the water they were both soaked, but NB was soaked first. :o)