Pools and Splash Pads

Buffalo is so amazing when it comes to the outdoor recreation stuff it has. I love all of the wading pools around here and the best part is they are all FREE. So we definitely spend a lot of time there. Where else do you go when there is no air conditioning in your house and it's 90 degrees and super humid??

These girls love the water so much!

Nothing like a huge piece of watermelon to cool you off right?

Maia playing with her new friend, Ciella. Maia has been needing friends so badly since so many of her friends moved away this summer, and all the rest are gone vacationing or something. She just craves friendship, seriously. When we were at the wading pool one day, we saw a girl wearing the exact same swimsuit as she was. She was determined that they were going to be best friends. She kept telling me that she wanted to play with her so I told her to go and ask her. She said "will you help me?" So I went with her to introduce her to this girl. The girls name was Teagan and she was 4 so we were off to a good start right? But she turned out to be kind of a brat and only wanted to play with her "best friend Regan" that was with her. Maia kept chasing her around and Teagan would run off and say "Nan-na-nan-na na na" or however you say it. Maia thought it was a game though and kept going. I was heartbroken but Maia was un-phased and thought they were great friends, so I guess that's all that matters right? Then that girl left and Maia wanted to make a new friend, so we had to scope out the pool area and try to pick a new friend for her. But she got better towards the end (we had to make about 4 friends that day because everyone kept leaving) she would actually go up to the girl who she wanted to play with and say "Hi I'm Maia, do you want to play?" So I was proud of her!
Maia gets so excited when we get to play with Ciella!