To the PARK!!!

We had to go out and enjoy the beautiful weather today! We were torn between going to the park or to the zoo, but Natalie made the decision easy for us as she had her heart set on the park! She was excitedly saying "swing! slide! tunnel!" repeatedly on our way out the door and to the park. When we arrived, she said "there it is!!" as if we were driving aimlessly in hopes of spotting a park along the way.

She loved going back and forth from the swings to the slides and the tunnel. She developed a routine at one point, where she would climb up the stairs, play with a giant tic-tac-toe spinner, crawl through a tunnel and go down the slide leading right back to the stairs she started at. She would repeat this several times. I told Nickie it was like she was doing circuit training for a toddler-triathlon!

Natalie made a new friend along the way. He is seen following her in one the photos below. He was pretty much left to himself as his mom wasn't paying attention to him, so we kind of "adopted" him while we were there, including him in the things we were doing with Natalie. The best part is, when Natalie ran away from the slides they were on to go to the swings, he yelled "Baby! Baby! Baby!" as if she was a girlfriend that was leaving her man. Nickie and I cracked up at this. This little guy even tried following us to our car when we left, but luckily his mom finally saw him and got him. I would've taken him home with us! He was a cutie. Nickie said no. Something about it being a felony. Whatever.