Category Archives: At the park
Surprise playground and dirty knees!
When there’s a playground around the corner from a Facebook yard sale pickup that you didn’t know about, you have to stop.
Of course, Katie is dressed in brand new light-colored clothes for school later. It took under two minutes for her to fall and get both knees dirty (like seriously 30 seconds after this photo).
What Katie won’t and will do.
She won’t go over the top of this:
But she’ll do this:
He’s getting more adventurous.
He’s been climbing higher on the playset recently and today he climbed up here. It may not seem like a big deal but for a kid who isn’t a climber and who doesn’t do things like this…it is a big deal. I’m proud of him.
Enjoying the sunshine at the playground
I may have catnapped for a few minutes while Katie played.
Belly Swingers
Swinging with one of her best friends (our neighbor), Kayleigh.
Wait. What? Tom took selfies of us unprompted?
We took the kids to a somewhat local playground since the weather was so nice. We sat on a blanket while they played…
Owen is getting slightly more adventurous.
That’s his friend Jackson on the roof. Before this year there was no way Owen would have climbed up there.
Friends off to the playground.
The cuteness. It burns.
We spent the morning with friends at one of the Burke Lake Park playgrounds. Liam will be three and Katie will be five…yet they get along like gangbusters.
Katie’s new trick
This has come about over the last few days. She gets braver each time.
The usual view: Katie swinging and Kayleigh being pushed.
A quick stop at a playground
We all went to see the Lego Batman movie and since it was nice and sunny, we stopped at a park on the way home. Unfortunately it was windy and getting chilly so we didn’t stay long and I only took one picture! 🙂
Riding home from the playground
Since we live just around the corner she is allowed to sit in the passenger seat. 🙂
Kids at play after ballet.
Since it was really nice out, we went to the train playground after ballet.
“Look! I’m carrying her like a princess!”
Katie finally got to the train playground.
This is a tiny playground by her ballet class but we just never got there before.
I lifted her up to the bars a few times because it was too high for her to jump…and then she figured out she could lean over and reach them!
Fun hair and fence climbing
Letting the littles run wild.
Back to real life…taking Katie to the park with friends.
She loves to spin!
A new playground with friends
We dragged them to morning program and they dragged us to a new park!
Our little daredevil
She then wanted to jump off the play structure that’s 6′ off the ground (that level behind her head). I told her it was too high and she might get hurt.
“No. I’ll just brush off my hands like this.” 😳
So I compromised and held her hand as she jumped. She still fell on her butt, bumped her knee, and was covered in wood chips…but she did it!
She was just too cute this morning in her new shorts.
I may or may not have fought (and won!) my first ever Póke Gym.
I may or may not have fought (and won!) my first ever Póke Gym, thanks to the gentle prodding of a new friend Caitlin who was also fighting at the time. 🙂 It didn’t last long but I did it. Twice, even! Owen will be so proud. And yes, I may be getting slightly more hooked on this silly game. 🙂
Of course, this wasn’t planned—we just went to the “goose park” (as Katie likes to call it) to play at the playground. There happened to be a Póke Stop right there so that was convenient to grab balls and potions and such while the kids played. Then we walked down to the marina (the geese!) and there was a gym there… After Caitlin assured me I couldn’t possibly hurt anything in Owen’s account or kill his characters, I agreed to fight the gym. I didn’t know what I was doing, but she said she didn’t, either, and nothing bad would happen. Okay, then… And she was right. We had enough potions to heal everything and it was kinda fun. But I did have to laugh knowing that Owen would totally know which Pókemon to use to fight the best and I was just pointing and poking without any knowledge whatsoever. Good times.
Please tell me fall weather is here!
The weather was GORGEOUS this morning—a perfect 66°—so I told the kids we were going for a little walk. We hatched an egg, gathered some Poké balls, caught some Pokémon, and played at the playground.
They actually played well together today. 🙂
Pokémon at the playground!
The humidity and heat finally broke today so the weather was really nice so we headed to the library park/playground to enjoy it…while hatching an egg, repeatedly visiting a Pokestop, and catching Pokémon.
King of the playground!
We met our new friends at a new playground this morning!
The kids’ trip up north!
Grannie sent me pics all along the way. They stopped at McDonalds twice plus playgrounds…so they had a ball.
Finally at Papa and Grannie’s!
Birthday treats!
Dairy Queen (plus I got my Vacation Bucket List Blizzard!), the park, Pokemon hunting for Owen, splashing and throwing rocks in the river, a walk around the neighborhood with Gramma, and then a Gramma cuddle. 🙂
I thought she’d like sticking her feet in the river but she whined that it was TOO COLD! (It felt like bath water to me!)
This just isn’t my kids right?
Since we had two days of rain over the holiday weekend, today I took the kids to the park where they pretty much sat there and played restaurant. Or did this.
As soon as we come home, what do they do? Run around the house like screaming banshees playing tag.
Kids.
I jokingly suggested a walk…and she agreed!
And this is how she was dressed for it. 🙂
We found a daisy!
Riding side saddle!
First day of summer break
The day started off okay but I may have wanted to punch both of them by noon.
Mom, I want a snack. Mooom, Katie spilled her water. Mom, Maggie stole my seat. Mooom, I don’t want to take a shower. Mom, I want to go somewhere special. Mom, I want a snack.
I take them to a neighborhood playground. Mom, it’s hot out. Mom, my legs are tired. Mom, I don’t want to play with Katie. Mom, I want to go home.
I tell them if the weather stays nice we’ll go to the pool. So every five minutes: I want to go to the pool. It’s not open yet. Mom, I want to go to the pool. Mom, I’m hungry. Mom, I want a snack. Mom, play a game with me. Mom, can I watch Netflix? Mom, Owen is in my way. Mom, I want to do rock painting. Mom, Owen is opening the door.
And on and on and on.
Sigh.
At least they had fun at the park for 15 whole minutes.
