Picnic at the Park

I have plenty of "catch-up" posts to do, but I'm feeling current right now and decided to put up a few pictures of the lovely day Ty and I had at the park.  The weather is nice and spring-y and I’m pretty sure it’s going to be heating up soon, so advantage needs to be taken!  It was a bit windier than I would prefer, but nothing too bad and the little park was completely empty.  We walked the ¼ mile or so to the park and as soon as we got there, Ty started yelling, “Slide!  Slide!”  After many rounds of the slide and other play equipment, we walked around and looked for…stuff.  A spontaneous scavenger hunt, I suppose.

Here's Ty-ty with our treasures: a pine cone, fake Easter grass, a stick, a dandelion, a soft leaf, a pom-pom thing from the trees, and half of a camo-print Easter egg.  Awesome finds!

 

Lucky for us, the birdies were out and flying about, so Ty had fun pointing them out.  His bird noises sound something like, "Peep-peep!" or "Weet-weet!"  I really can't tell, though, because they're so high-pitched! I'm sure the birds get it...

Then we spread out our blanket (okay, it was a swim towel) on the grass and had lunch together.  Unfortunately, Ty still refuses to eat lunchmeat and cheese (unless it’s mixed in with something or in the mozzarella string formation), so he had crackers sans the other stuff.  We also had some applesauce and a few chips along with lots of watery juice.  

Checking out a dandelion, which soon after went into his mouth.  I said, "Yuck!" and probably to not make himself feel/look dumb, he said, "MMMmmm..." but he didn't go for a second taste.

 After lunch, he came and laid down by me on the towel for a minute.  Anytime Russell or I is laying down, he'll come up and say, "Sheepy..." (Sleepy) and either lay next to us or steamroll/wrestle us awake.  It's usually the latter.  :)

 I thought he would want to come back and play on the slides and stuff, but he wanted to push around the stroller instead.  He's not tall enough to push the handle and doesn't have enough force to really make it go where he wants it to, so he kept getting mad when it would go in the grass...err: "Gwak!  Gwak!"  He also kept talking about a cow and monkey that he saw by one of the fences.  Huh?

  Altogether, delightful little park trip with a [generally] delightful little boy who was very ready for a nap upon our return home.