Nothing is more relaxing, yet at the same time more exciting than playing with water... for a child under 5! Well this is the case for my child anyway. Ashton has discovered his love for water, you can see the excitement take over his body whenever he hears the shower turn on, or when we walk into the pool area, or even just fill the sink for he dishes.
So, lately have been filling up a big mixing bowl full of water, (sometimes warm, sometimes cold... just to mix it up and keep things interesting.) I add a few of his toys for him to play with and he is occupied for the next half an hour!
Ashton loves catching the water and letting it pour over his hands, so I put in little cups that have holes in the bottom of them that can let the water run out in a shower effect. (If you don't already have a container like this, get an old tupperware container and hammer some holes in the bottom. Works a treat!)
He has also been enjoying having objects in the water that float. He thinks it's very funny trying to catch them as they bob away from him each time he tries to pick the floating objects up.
But most of all he just loves to splash and kick as big as he possibly can! I actually think he
loves the sensation of the water jumping up to splash him in th
e face. He loves getting frights so maybe this is the equivalent of a self indued fright!
Sounds fun! He looks like he's so into it! I love the last pic where he's just dumping it all out. That is the ultimate for kids to just be able to go wild with things like that and not worry about getting in trouble.
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