An Afternoon in the Park

One quiet afternoon after naps, we decided the circus needed just a bit of an outing. We loaded the girls into their cousins' wagon and took a little walk to a nearby park. Our stroll took us right past Grandma and Grandpa's house, and they came out onto the porch to wave to us. The girls just loved that! (Madeline loved it so much, in fact, that she could hardly be persuaded to sit down anymore.) A few blocks later, we were there -- a park where Daddy had played as a little boy! The park had recently been redone, and the new equipment delighted our girls.

Madeline seemed to think that she was two and a half years old, rather than not yet one, and climbed all over the play structure. If Kathleen could do it, so could Madeline!

Kathleen particularly loved this little turret which topped a "rock" climbing wall. She climbed to the top and called out, "My's a princess! In a tower!"

Both Kathleen and Madeline enjoyed the swings. The set-up was perfect -- an infant swing for Madeline and "big girl" swings for Kathleen. But while the girls enjoyed the swings, they loved the slides. Kathleen, of course, led the way.

After Kathleen had demonstrated for a bit, Madeline had a go at it. She had plenty of cheering and a big sister to catch her at the end.

In case it wasn't clear from the video, sliding was a huge success!

Eventually we had to head home. We stopped on our way to visit some horses in a field, but they weren't as interested in visiting with us as we were in visiting with them. They were actually a bit spooked, since the weather was changing as we walked. The beautiful afternoon we'd begun with had somehow become a stormy evening! We somehow managed to make it home before it really started to rain, though. And a few minutes after that, Grandma and Grandpa arrived bearing pizza. We finished off our evening with a pizza picnic in the basement. Fun, fun, fun!