Later in the day on Saturday, I asked Chip if he thought Karlee would have fun at White Water. He said "probably" so I looked up the age requirements and found out it was based on height (36 inches minimum for several slides). Out came the measuring tape! She was right at 36 inches! Great! We called my parents to see if they could keep Madelyn on Sunday and, of course, they could. The plan was set in motion.
We woke both girls up at 6:30 and headed out the door shortly after breakfast. Karlee was super excited. We told her we were driving a long way to play on lots of water slides all day long.
I didn't take my camera because I knew we would be getting soaking wet all day. But, the look on Karlee's face was absolutely priceless when we walked through the gate. We found the first kids section and she took off. Running and playing in all the water fountains, sliding down the little baby slides, a smile plastered across her face. We then moved to the next kid section with bigger slides and play things. Chip and I took turns going up the playsets while the other stayed down to catch her as she came out of a slide. She'd hit the water and immediately head back up to do it again. Sometimes coming down on her tummy and sometimes on her back. You never knew what end was coming out of the shoot! We then moved on to the Tree House section which was totally cool (even for an adult!) We all 3 made it up the rope wall to check things out. Like before, one of us went down to catch and one stayed up to make sure she got on the slide. These slides were a lot bigger and so was the smile on Karlee's face. All you could see were teeth and eyeballs! Chip and I were drenched from all the water buckets being dumped by other kids and water guns shooting from every direction.
Around the middle of the day, we walked to the big slides to show Karlee some other things to do. There were 3 that she could ride with her height. We stood at the bottom of them and showed her how they worked. She was ready to do all of them with no hesitation. This child is 100% fearless! The photo below (taken from the website) was the first big slide we did.
The 100 Meter Splash. It was an individual ride, meaning no parents could ride with their children. We all grabbed our mats and headed out to the start of the slide. Karlee laid down on her mat like she had done this 1,000,000 times before. A smile still plastered on her face! The lifeguard had to put her foot on the mat to keep Karlee from instantly going down (she didn't weigh enough to keep it still in the running water!). The whistle blew and off we went. Chip and I were on both sides of Karlee the whole way down (6 people ride at a time). It was fast! Karlee hit the bottom and jumped up saying she wanted to do it again, which we did later in the day. Now I know she is 200% fearless!
We rode the other 2 slides too. They were family rides in big rafts down long stretches of winding and tunneled slides. Karlee liked these but the 100 Meter Splash was her favorite.
We ate lunch some time during all of this and played in the kids sections again. I don't know who had more fun, Chip, me, or Karlee! We were all worn out by the time we left (5:00). And, 2.7 seconds after leaving, Karlee looked like this. The chocolate on her face is melted M&M's (her good behavior prize!). She was actually pulling them out of the bag and eating them with her eyes closed and head bobbing up and down. It was hilarious!
We had a blast and will definitely be going back. I'm so glad I had that dream!
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