Thursday, April 14, 2005
An evening at the park
In lieu of our usual gym night on Wednesday night, Nora and I took the kids to the neighborhood park after dinner. We're getting some beautiful weather out here; cool evenings and spring-time warm days. Everything's turning green and flowering and lawns are growing before our eyes.
Anna got pulled in the wagon and Pierce rode his scooter. Josie (the new family dog) came along too. We had a rough start getting out of the house. Pierce was looking for a "favorite" toy to bring and couldn't find it. Nora's desperately trying to help him and I'm pushing for him to get something else so we can get out the door while there's still daylight. Ultimately, though tears were shed, Pierce grabbed a different toy and out the door we went.
For the most part Pierce played in the gravel around the playground equipment. He had brought a toy motorcycle and car and used them to dig furrows in the gravel (we practically had to hose these toys off when we got home they were so dirty/muddy). Anna climbed ladders, slid down slides and "walked the balance beam" on the retaining beam surrounding the playground equipment. Nora and I got to toss a football (she has a great arm) and Josie just sat and basked in our presence. Fun stuff.
On the way home from work I picked up a library book for Pierce (a recommendation from my Mom), Flick, Flicka and Dicka make a cake. It was a hit and Pierce asked for it to be read twice. The author's last name is Lindman and she's also written a series of books about Snipp, Snapp and Snur. Apparently these were books that my brothers and I really enjoyed when we were little. If you've got young children of your own check them out.
-Eric (Dad)
Anna got pulled in the wagon and Pierce rode his scooter. Josie (the new family dog) came along too. We had a rough start getting out of the house. Pierce was looking for a "favorite" toy to bring and couldn't find it. Nora's desperately trying to help him and I'm pushing for him to get something else so we can get out the door while there's still daylight. Ultimately, though tears were shed, Pierce grabbed a different toy and out the door we went.
For the most part Pierce played in the gravel around the playground equipment. He had brought a toy motorcycle and car and used them to dig furrows in the gravel (we practically had to hose these toys off when we got home they were so dirty/muddy). Anna climbed ladders, slid down slides and "walked the balance beam" on the retaining beam surrounding the playground equipment. Nora and I got to toss a football (she has a great arm) and Josie just sat and basked in our presence. Fun stuff.
On the way home from work I picked up a library book for Pierce (a recommendation from my Mom), Flick, Flicka and Dicka make a cake. It was a hit and Pierce asked for it to be read twice. The author's last name is Lindman and she's also written a series of books about Snipp, Snapp and Snur. Apparently these were books that my brothers and I really enjoyed when we were little. If you've got young children of your own check them out.
-Eric (Dad)
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