Fountain Fun

We continued our Mother's Day celebration Sunday afternoon with Chris' family at one of our favorite eateries, Pacific Fish Grill in Chino Hills. After enjoying delicious fried zucchini, perfectly golden crispy shrimp, and tender grilled salmon over flavorful rice, we walked over to the main courtyard of the shopping area.

This provided the highlight of Noah's day...the glorious ground fountain! As Noah's older cousins sprinted in and out of the sporadically spurting spouts, you could just see the look of desire and anticipation on my little guy's face.

So, at first Chris tried to let him enjoy the water wonderment without getting wet, like this...

But of course this taste of fountain fun only left Noah yearning for more. As the instinctively protective mother who was kicking herself for not having an extra set of clothes in the diaper bag like she usually does, I was lobbying for Noah and Daddy to come sit with the adults and just watch the other kids. Thankfully, though, my wonderful husband is more in tune with the adventurous spirit of an active male toddler. So he trumped my desire for caution and dryness and let Noah experience the fountain fun to the fullest.

Soon he was a crazy-happy little man running without his shirt on, like this...

A little while later Noah took a brief fountain break to make eyes at a mom and her two little girls sitting on a nearby bench. His flirtatious grin looked like this...

This unexpected fountain fun gave Grandma an excuse to buy Noah a new outfit at a local children's store. Before we changed him, he posed for a picture with his cousins and looked like this...

 

Then I wrapped my adorable, shivering munchkin in Daddy's sweater and got him all nice and toasty, like this...

 

I'm thankful that I'm (slowly) learning to embrace these kind of unexpected moments.

What special memories we made this Mother's Day!