splashdown

day two of our vacation consisted of heading down to east peoria to splashdown with maria (i'm thankful she was able to go, or i would have had no one to talk to while the girls played! lol!) we had never been there before, and hadn't even head of it until this summer! how did that happen?! it was absolutely perfect for the girls! it had all the things they love....kids areas with slides, a tube slide, lazy river and a regular pool! we ended up spending almost 5 hours there! we were all quite exhausted by the time we left! well worth it though!!

ever since the olympic competitions started on saturday, the girls have been playing gymnastics right along with them - they even picked which girl they were.....charlie was jordan wieber and haylie was gabby douglas! too cute! haylie, in particular, has been non-stop! she's working on mastering her cartwheel, which means she does them everywhere!! and the waterpark was no exception! she shows everyone she can! she's so proud of herself, and we're so proud of her!! charlie had made a couple new friends throughout the day, and at one point haylie came up to me and said "mom, i want to make a new friend, one that wants to watch me do my gymnastics!" lol! only haylie! well, needless to say, a few minutes later she was showing off her skills to her new friend! i'm sure glad my girls aren't shy!!

as we were leaving, the girls were hungry of course, so we agreed that we could stop at the metamora mcdonalds....as long as no one fell asleep! well, haylie fell asleep within probably 5 minutes of leaving. so of course charlie was sad that they couldn't play there, but i told her we could still drive thru and get a snack. well of course she fell asleep a few minutes before metamora, so we didn't stop. we had a very quiet ride home...they both slept until we got back to the valley. and then came the meltdown.....the first words out of charlie's mouth were, in her sleepy, whiny voice, "but mom, i wanted to get mcdonalds!" and i said "but honey, you fell asleep."  by now she's in tears as she cries "nooooooo, i diiiiiiidn't fall asleeeep!" oh boy! it was hard not to chuckle! and she was so adamant that she didn't fall asleep! poor kid! hehehe!