Cascading at the Picnic

Or Picnic-ing at Cascades? Whether the children were cascading or picnic-ing still remains up in the air! We had a great time playing on the huge playsets and going back and forth around the area with our friends. The slides were still a bit wet when we got there, but that didn't deter most of the children – they just had really wet pants. I think they all dried pretty well though after about 10 minutes because the children were so active. They raced down the slides, jumped on the bridge, and climbed the rock wall.





































































After a little while, we decided to go on a “walk” (in children-ese that means run!) up the big hill. They started off on a big race but Andrea and I couldn't make our legs go any faster than a leisurely walk. The children didn't last too long running though... about half way up they stopped running and waited for us to catch up with them. At the top of the big hill, the children were so excited to “be on top of the world” and look out over everything. Then we looked into the cascades and dreamed of swimming days ahead. The run back down the hill was just as fun!
















Then after our tasty lunches at the picnic tables, Miss Andrea was the waitress and took all the ice cream orders. Altogether we ordered 5 vanilla, 9 twists, and 1 slushie. When the bus came back to pick us up, we were exhausted! Four of the children even fell asleep on the bus!