the fountains

The outdoor shopping place near us has fountains where kids often play in the summer. My daughter has looked longingly at them several times, but we've never gone with that in mind and weren't prepared for her to get all wet.

Yesterday it was a hot day, so we decided to get her ready for the water and head over to let her experience playing in the fountains.

She was so excited to see them, but scared to death when it actually came to getting up close to them. One of us had to go with her (which meant I got pretty wet, which I wasn't prepared to do!) and hold her over the water for quite awhile. She finally got brave enough to stand in close proximity. Mostly she just enjoyed watching the other kids have fun and jumping up and down with the water. Next time maybe I'll be more prepared to get wet and take her in there with me until she'd be more willing to try it on her own.