So I know we have the whole summer ahead of us to explore parks, but we've been having fun checking out 2 new parks this week. (I will say it's nice to do this while everybody is still in school- the parks aren't too busy this way!) There's a whole other subdivision across the street from ours and there are two parks over there- so Daniel and I decided to venture over there and check them out. These were pretty cool parks, too. Plus, we ran into a lot of fun, young kids there, which Daniel totally enjoyed. He loved watching the big kids. At the first park, we found a stray basketball, which we adopted for our visit and that was pretty much the only thing Daniel was interested in. Forget the slides and steps and bridges and kids playing ice cream store at the counters. It was all about the ball. So when we went to the second park, Daniel fully expected a ball, I think. He kept saying ball, ball, and asking where it was and looking for it. Too funny.
I still get very nervous around the slides and steps as they go higher, so I'm one of those moms who follows her kid everywhere- rightfully so, I think. When Daniel gets more steady and patient and less impulsive (which will be when? he's a toddler after all!), then I'll feel better, I think, I hope-or perhaps this feeling never goes away, does it? Still, we had a ton of fun and only ended up with two scraped knees (courtesy of the curb and sidewalk around the parks- my poor guy!). We even capped off our wonderful day today by taking Daddy to the park with us, too- Daniel clapped the whole way down the slide with Daddy (look at that picture closely- you can see him clapping) and he was delighted to have us both there to play.
Anyway, I hope to even take a drive around town to check out other parks, too. Something different, something to do. Looking forward to it!
