Cruel and Unusual Punishment

So, yesterday was a busy day. We took the boys yard-selling early in the morning; we cleaned the house; we started construction on Tanner's room. As you can see, not a lot of "kid stuff" going on. We felt a little bad. So, we went to Costco for some delicious pizza and ice cream, then we headed over to this amazing public pool for some fun. Now, don't let the term public pool throw you off. This place is amazing!!! You have to be a resident to go to Splash Cove, which we are not. However, we are members of the children's museum that shares a parking lot with the water park, and hence are allowed to enter...at an exorbitant fee that is. So, we get to the water park in time to hear an announcement over the loud speaker, "We have received a news warning that a big thunderstorm is coming our way". We went up to the gate to ask the workers if they do rainchecks if it started to rain...nope. So, we had to make a decision...pay $20 and only be able to swim for a limited amount of time (the sky looked very threatening and it was sprinkling at the time), or save the money and come back another time when we can enjoy the pool for a long time. Obviously we made the decision to leave. Well, we felt terrible brining Riley up to the gate where he could see everything only to drag him away while telling him, "we'll come back on Tuesday", like that means anything to him. It was sad. We ended up taking him to the merry-go-round at the mall. A poor substitute, but Riley sure does love the spinning tea cups on that thing...Todd on the other hand, well, that's a different story.