Down at the Park

One morning this week, my mom was here and we decided to take the girls to the park downtown.  We originally planned to head to the beach, but it was a little chilly that morning (less than 60 degrees outside), so we opted for jeans and a change in plans.

Sophia was so happy that she was able to sit in a swing all by herself:

And Samantha ran straight for the "rock climbing wall."

While at the park, it's difficult to keep Sophia completely occupied right now.  Because she doesn't walk by herself yet (and only crawls), we have to carry her from one piece of equipment to another; we can't just let her run free.  Sophia loves to go down the slide -- she giggles the whole time -- but again, she needs supervision.  Luckily, Sam was willing to go down the slide with her a few times.

And, of course, she was willing to go down the big slide with both Sam and myself.

The girls got a lot of exercise that morning -- there are so many things to climb on down there.

And this Momma kept busy lugging Sophia around and pushing the girls on the swings.

I even got to swing for a little bit (with the cutest little 16 month old girl in my lap).

Pausing for a little break:

By the time that we headed home, the girls were tired out and it was starting to warm up outside.  When we arrived home, we shed our jeans for some comfortable shorts and played for bit inside before my brother came over to visit.  He surprised the girls with a gift for each one of them.  Sophia got a new ball, which she LOVES ... and Sam got a new stuffed animal and a book to go with it.  Uncle Jake was even nice enough to sit down and read it with them.