Playing at our "big" park

So, we've still not found the camera.  I think it's truly gone.  I don' t know how that could've happened, but it appears that it did.  Rats!  Maybe I'll get a new one for my birthday and we can glue it into my hand or something, so I won't drop it, or lose it, or otherwise ruin it.  Maybe.

We did, however, discover the old, old camera while unpacking.  This is the camera we used before the one I dropped and before the one I lost.  It's not great, but it gets the job done.  Sort of.  My photos are largely blurry.  I'm trying to figure out why that is, but I haven't had much luck yet.

Anyway, I though I'd share these less-than-ideal, but still rather cute photos of the girls enjoying the park across the street.  They call it the "big" park, to differentiate it from the toddler park down the street.

Kathleen concentrates as she climbs the ladder. Although you can't see it, our house is just over her left shoulder.

Madeline isn't about to be left out of climbing! She doesn't need any help up the stairs, but she needs plenty of watching up on top of the play structure. If she were left alone, she'd walk right off the edge...

She will let Daddy help her climb the "mountain." That's probably only because she's not tall enough to get up the first step!

Otherwise, Madeline wants to do everything the way her big sister does. These pants pretty much sum it up. Plus. they just make me laugh:

Both girls love sliding. Kathleen has mastered all of the slides -- the tall, twisty slide, the bumpy slides, and the tunnel slide. Madeline's not quite there yet, but she's fearless at the ones I'll let her try. One slide actually has three slides right next each other, and we three girls can slide down together, all holding hands. Perhaps one day we'll get a photo of that!