The Playground

In order to keep the girls busy this summer (and to not feel as if SO much of my attention is devoted to Jack right now), I have been trying to do something every day with them that might be considered special in their eyes.  These things might be little craft projects, baking, trips outside of the house, walks to the beach, etc.  Last week was filled to the max and eventually, we had to spend one day just simply at home catching up on regular mundane activities.

One of our events last week was meeting up with our friends Anna and Isabella and their mom at the park downtown.  We met at 10:00 am and packed a picnic lunch for all of the girls to share.  It was perfect -- the girls got along great, Jack was pretty content, the weather cooperated and everyone took excellent naps in the afternoon.  It was such a wonderful experience that we have decided to do this every week!

 Sophia must have gone down the slide about 100 times that day!

The girls both love the swings, but this momma sure gets tired out in a hurry from pushing them!  I am currently working with Sam on the fine art of "pumping" so that she can swing all by herself ...  (Note the look of concentration on her face).

It was a full-time job keeping all four swings going before another kid yelled out that they needed to be pushed again!

And while the girls yelled and screamed and ran off excess energy, Jack just rested all comfortable and content in his stroller.  He may have even been snoring in this picture:

Lunchtime -- I'm not sure where Isabella was, but everyone else was digging in to all of the goodies that we brought.

A simple plan, yet so much fun!