Swingin' time

8:03 PM

So my darlings, what did you all do this weekend?  We've been doing a lot of running around it seems, so Saturday we took some time out to take Atticus to a park.  The same park where Sean proposed to me, in fact.  That's a great story that I'll share another time, if anyone cares :-)

Anyway, the park outing was the Best. Decision. Ever.  Atticus loved running around the play structure.  He even chatted up a little girl who didn't speak English who seemed shocked any time Atticus came up to her (she'd drop her toy and stare at him....too funny!)

"Come here often?"

He especially loved the swings.  Ahhh, the glorious swings.








Of course, he wanted to try the big swing, because this son of mine always wants to do the big kid thing.  And since he couldn't do it alone, Daddy came to the rescue. George the monkey (formerly "Monk Monk") joined in on the fun, because George goes everywhere Atticus goes.  And monkeys love swinging.




Whew!  Swinging was exhausting.  Atticus and George fell asleep almost before we left the parking lot.  

Swinging is hard work!

On the way home Sean and I talked about how nice it is to just get out of the house.  After a long, long winter, any kind of outside activity is welcome, and I always love spending time with my boys.

We have a really, really small swing for him at our house, but I'm thinking it's time to invest in a bigger swing, maybe even a bigger play structure.  My lovely cousin just bought one for her daughter, so we'll test theirs out before we decide to buy one ourselves ;-)

We are thinking up other things we can do outside (or at least out of the house) for free or cheap.  Here are our ideas so far:

-Playscape at the mall
-Water pad at the community recreation center.
-Greenfield Village 
-Detroit Zoo (since we already hit Toledo)
-Walks in the woods behind the house...but we need to watch out for ticks!
-Sprinklers or a kiddie pool at home
-Farmer's markets
-Carnivals and festivals (always my favorite summer activity!)

Any other ideas?  Let me know in the comments!

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