Water parks make summer splash
SUN PHOTO BY CHEYENNE EMRICH
Amy Romanoski holds her son Blake, 5, in the water at the splash pad in Venice.
SUN PHOTO BY CHEYENNE EMRICH
Sisters Abigail,, and Jacquelyn Aurelius, 4, play at the interactive splash pad in Venice.
SUN PHOTO BY CHEYENNE EMRICH
Children play at the Lashley Park splash pad. There are tables, bathrooms and stadium seating at the free park.
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The Sarasota YMCA Water Park offers fun for the whole family.
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Abigail Aurelius danced around the water puddles with her sister Jacquelyn. Several times their mom asks her 3- and 4-year-olds to get out of the water, but the girls giggle and run away from her.
Seeing their dad, they leave the splash pad long enough to give him a big wet hug and then invite him to blow bubbles with them near the water jets.
