Water Buckets

It's hot in Austin, so playgrounds aren't always an option. Staying inside all day doesn't sound too much fun either. Driving to the pool or splash pad is GREAT but is takes time (and effort for this pregnant momma). What shall we do? What shall we do?

Grab some stuff around the house and VOILA - water bucket fun! At first, the genius naive mom thinks "Sure, she'll just play and splash around the water. She can wear clothes. In fact, let's put her in white shorts."

And then, Gabi quickly showed me how the water buckets were really going to happen.


One day our friend, Kemper, came to join us to play!

I tried to explain to Gabi that Austin is having a severe drought and we had certain water restrictions in place...but...