Friday, February 18, 2011

Spring in February


Nothing like sunshine and fresh air to reset the system. Yesterday, we had record highs here in Iowa. It hit 68! We packed a feast of applesauce, baby carrots and pb&js and headed to a park near Grandpa Jim and Grandma Mel's house. We frequented the park during the time we lived there. It is a fantastic park. There are three different playgrounds-- a small one for 2-5 year olds and two that are bigger for 5-12 year olds. Ollie of course uses all three and doesn't care one bit that it is for "big" kids. I'm not allowed to called him baby or babycakes anymore. He is a big boy!

I made the mistake of telling Ollie that I packed a special treat. (Fruit snacks) So the first thing he wanted to do was sit at the table and eat. Well, he ate the fruit snacks and ran off! We spent
time playing on all three playgrounds until Ollie needed to use the bathroom and we wandered to the shelter house only to see that it is closed for the season! Oh yeah, it's February! I tried to get him to pee on a tree but no luck. I packed the kids up and we drove a few blocks to Grandpa Jim's house. Lucky for us, he just happened to be home for lunch. After the potty, Ollie spent some time "working" with his tool set while I feed and changed Dawson. We then headed back to the park for another 2 hours. Ollie played and played and played while Dawson watched and napped. Finally after 3 glorious hours, we packed the car and headed home.



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