Meeting Baby Boy Bennett in Boise - weather and water

I kept a close eye on the Boise weather forecast while packing. But I did not like what I saw. I wanted to get so much sun that I was sick of it and glad for Seattle's tepid temperatures. I wanted the girls to show off their cute shorts and sundresses and get slathered in sunblock. I wanted the water we encountered to be in a pool.

The weather on arrival to Boise did not make me happy. Rain. I could have stayed in Seattle if I wanted rain. As a matter of fact it was not even raining when we left Seattle!  Bummer.

The weather did improve over our time there, and we had to leave on a gorgeous day and return to Seattle's tepid temps. But it was not quite hot enough long enough for pregnant me to be sick of it. And it was not as much water play time as the girls wanted, because lets be honest they are basically insatiable when it comes to water-play!

On Sunday we went to a park in the morning. We had decided to skip going to church since it is so rare that we visit and newborn babies don't typically make church relaxing anyway. We were the only ones at the playground. There was only one other car in the large parking lot. But we could tell exactly when church got out because families in semi-dressy clothes starting arriving! To our surprise the water-spray features turned on too. It had rained a bit the day before and the slides still had wet spots and the trail had some puddles. But the fountains turned on and our girls could not resist. Of course, we were silly to say they could take their socks & shoes off and get only their feet wet. Because what child, obedient or not, can resist stepping just a little closer to the spray? They were cold and wet but happy after about 5 minutes :)

The next day we spent some lovely time in the pool. A lot of the developments in Meridian (just outside Boise) have pools. Mike & Becka have one a quick walk from their house. But we visited the pool in Becka's mom's development (where we slept as well) because it was bigger & better! There were wide stairs slowly getting you deeper. So the girls like hanging out on the stairs laying on their tummies pretending to swim, or slowly descending the stairs seeing how high the water went on them. They also loved taking turns in the deeper water with Matt or I holding them.

The next morning (our last in Idaho!) we went to a large, popular local park. There was a fountain spray pool that turned on at 11. The girls got wet but also got cold. They would have spent a lot more time in it if the weather had been 10 degrees warmer I think. But they had fun exploring the park and we had a relaxed picnic lunch there.

Then it was back to the house, nap time (game time for the grown-ups) and straight to the airport after naps. We were so glad we were able to visit and so thankful for the time we all spent together (especially since we probably will not see them again until Christmas!). But no matter how nice the time away and how comfortable the sleeping accommodations, it is always nice to get home & sleep in your own bed!