because we had decided to go to outback splash in the school holidays with our cousinbesties the niupalaus, until our plans were very much changed... we decided to play hooky from school today and sneak off the day before the long weekend, while there was (hopefully) no one there, instead of going on a saturday.
turns out you should always listen to that little voice, as while we were there (with the place indeed pretty much to ourselves) a snap 3 day lockdown was announced after an outbreak of covid-19 was detected in the community.
we had everything we needed at home, so we remained at the park until it closed and drove home to make the 6pm curfew - and the kids had the time of their lives.
although the water wasn't very warm, you would have never known while their crew did the slides and ran about
while this dad caught up with the latest news in sport
and cuddled the cold toddler while he warmed up
the kids all also did a run through the mazes, which are adjacent to the water park and included in the daily admission.
our model child posing for yet another photo.
i never thought i would be the mum letting her kids have the day off school without a really good reason, but in the past few years things have changed. sometimes you just have to listen to that voice telling you books and pens can wait awhile and run away for the day. i'm so glad i heard it.
today was a good day. ❤
