Last week we were all together in Florida, with my parents. We spent several days at the campsite in the pool, trying to cool off from the heat. Honestly, it has been too hot for anyone's taste although Hatty doesn't seem to mind it much.
Yesterday I took Pip for a haircut to make it a little more bearable for her. We kept her in daycare and used the opportunity to visit a water park: Typhoon Lagoon.
It was scorching hot there but soon enough you are in the cool lagoon awaiting the crashing waves. Hatty has not been able to swim regularly in New York but she has remembered and built on her skills and swims with confidence. As usual she met a friend, Morgan from Nebraska, and the two of them splashed around for a long time.
For the big waves she would swim out with Papa and me and brace for the impact. We had a few small panics with missing caps and sunglasses (all successfully recovered) but otherwise it was just great fun.
She is a little too young for the fast slides but my dad and I went on these. We both wear swimming shirts that protect from the sun but at the bottom of those vertical slopes they were up around our necks. Luckily there are no photos!
Hatty, Gran and Grandad took a trip round the Lazy River together.
Alas we all had to get out at 3pm because of an approaching thunderstorm but that was probably just as well. We could then have a great dinner together and the pick up Pip.
It's always a little heartbreaking when it's time to say goodbye, especially as this time we don't have a firm date for when we will be back in the UK. However it will be at some point soon, we just don't know when.
It was a perfect day and though the days may be too few sometimes we definitely make the most of what time we have.
