Saturday in the Park

Without sounding like Mary Fucking Poppins, we had such a great day today. We got Bridget up from her morning nap, packed her up and headed out for a yummy lunch at a Mexican restaurant, then it was off to the park to wear this rugrat out. It was a beautiful, warm, sunny day, with enough breeze to make it pleasant. Lately we’ve been having hurricane force winds (ok that’s a slight exaggeration, but only barely) that have made it downright impossible to do anything. Plus I’m always worried we are going to lose another section of the house…. Anyway, today was not that way. It was lovely.

Bridget always likes to start her park adventures on the baby swings. She knows where to hold on and how to hold herself up so she doesn’t fall back and forth in the swing. She gets this look of pure glee on her face as she swings, until you push her a little too high and then she lets you know that she’s not enjoying it anymore so please slow her the hell down. After she grows tired of the swings, she loves to walk around and climb. She’s not really big enough to enjoy the climbing structures to the their fullest potential, but she’s getting there. She tries to climb up the slides because she’s seen the bigger kids doing it. If Jake is with me, I’ll climb up the big kid slide and hold her in my lap and go down it. She can also go down the little kid slides if I hold her hand and hold one of her feet up - otherwise she won’t really move down the slide because her feet drag and stop her.

Today we saw a man and his son (or grandson possibly) flying a kite, which looked like a lot of fun. We’ll have to see about getting one and going out one of these days. We also so a teeny little dog that Bridget appropriately called “puppy” but wanted nothing to do with when the little one came up to her. I think she was confused about how that could be a real dog when all she’s been around have been Lucy and Robbie.

All in all, it was spectacular day. Couldn’t have enjoyed it much more, that’s for sure. And our girl is good and worn out, and is now sleeping it off upstairs.

It’s days like today that are rewards for some of the toughest days I have as a parent. Our girl is growing up so fast and I’m so happy to be a part of her discovery of the world. I find myself looking forward to every new step she takes.

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