Bold at the Park!

We had a play date at the park with our triplet friends a couple weeks ago. The kids were very excited to see them AND play at the park; the moms were excited to have the kids super busy and very happy and just have time to chat- win win all around!

We started at a park near our house, the "spaceship" park, but it was filled with big loud kids so we left and went to another park that my kids enjoy over near our gymnastics class. It was pretty busy there, too, but a much younger and calmer crowd by comparison! We were much happier there. This park is what my kids call the "roller park" because it has a slide with rollers- they love this slide. This is pretty much all Annabel does there. But they also have diggers in the sand, a "train" to play around in, two awesome sections of playground equipment, and swings of course- all things that make a great park to my kids! We were there for about two hours and just had a great time!

Daniel was pretty much all over the place and super busy and never stood still for two seconds, so I didn't get to take many pictures of him...another time perhaps. Annabel was a busy girl, too, but she loves having her picture taken so she's easier to catch! I mentioned in Annabel's 26 month post how brave she gets at the park when there are lots of kids to watch and look up to- this was the park where it pretty much hit me that she's pretty brave in spite of the swarms of kids, she holds her own and tries so hard to be independent! She never asked for my help, though if I saw she was doing something new or something up high, I quickly ran over to spot her, because she is still only two, even if she thinks she's older and wiser!

Had to do a retake of this picture from last year! They are still so cute!

 This was one of those ladders high up that Annabel worked really hard at and she succeeded! It led to a high slide which she was thrilled to go down.

 The kids loved this roller slide! 

Daniel has really been into trying to go down slides in different ways- on his belly, head first...aiyiyi! He never tried these things before (of course Annabel tries them, too, now, because of Daniel); I'm guessing he gets these ideas from other kids...or maybe he's just being more adventurous!

 My brave girl climbing this chain ladder- she mastered it in no time at all!

Here's a video of Annabel climbing that ladder from the last picture above... (Don't have a heart attack, Grandma Cheryl- this was like Annabel's millionth time doing this- she was quite proficient by this time!) Enjoy my brave little girl's climb!