Mondays and the People I Love

A few random notes and pictures from our last few family days. We do a lot of play grounds for our family outings, for mainly practical reasons: 1) It's summertime--time to be outside, 2) there are tons of parks to choose from in close proximity to our home, so we can fit in a trip between naps, 3) playgrounds make Meg happy (and they're growing on Matthew), and 4) they're free.

Two Mondays ago, we tried out the spot I mentioned in passing in a recent post: Ovid Hazen Wells Park. (They named a park in his honor to make up for the crummy name with which his parents burdened him.) We've christened it Dabb's Playground (because our friends of that name live near it). (And because it's better than saying "Ovid Hazen Wells Park" every time.) Here it is. Cool, huh?

It was way fun. My favorite thing about this place is that all of the climbing apparatuses are designed so that parents can climb around with their kids. Here, you don't have to stoop or crouch or squeeze or contort in order to share quality time with your little ones. Ingenious!

Here's David taking Matthew down the slide. Love seeing that little baby boy in those strong Daddy-arms.

Here's Meg headed down the same slide. Why does she appear to be praying as she goes? Your guess is as good as mine.

Last Monday we did a different playground, along with a picnic lunch. (Yum.) Meg and Daddy practiced walking on the "balance beam".

Matthew practiced looking cute, by wearing the Lightning McQueen hat that his head is finally big enough to handle. (Thanks, Nana!)

This Monday we spent somewhat differently: helping a certain dear friend with a TOP SECRET project for her fast-approaching wedding. Nope, I can't tell you what the project was; it's TOP SECRET. But I'll tell you that it was fun.

After we wrapped up with wedding stuff, we went to a playground again, but we only stayed for about 20 minutes, because that was how much time we had before we needed to get home for dinner. Also because it was blazing hot and our little fair-skinned babies were looking flushed in the cheeks and glazed in the eyes.

Here's one last Monday-related item. (At least, I think this happened on a Monday.) This is a video of Meg eating her first corn-on-the-cob.



Hmmm, playgrounds, picnics, and corn-on-the-cob... I think summer is truly here.