Evening at the Playground

These were taken a while ago at the sledding hill playground in South Nashua... the one near Lilac Blossom (to which we went for dinner tonight, but alas it was raining AGAIN so no playground time for Bobo). It's just about a minute away from our old apartment in Royal Crest, and I didn't even realize there was one there until Mom mentioned it.









Bobo had a great time! There was enough stuff kids his size (under 2) that he could run around and do things and not get into too much trouble... but of course then he wanted to climb on EVERYTHING, including the big structures that have steep drops and very tall slides!











We're going to go back as soon as the Great Flood ceases... it's been raining for almost 40 days straight here, talk about a fun way to spend a June... and on the two non-rainy days we've had the bugs outside have been RAVENOUS and will attack anything that moves, so that's no fun at all. :/

Fun Little Saturday

We had quite the busy day today. Things kicked off to a start around 5am when Bobo decided that getting up before the sun would be a fantastic adventure. With all those hours in the morning we had plenty of time to clean the house, what a fun day!

Okay, so after nap time things picked up. We went outside and kicked balls around a bit (apparently Arin is fated to be a soccer star, so I'm trying to start him early. This summer he will have his very own pro coach, as Lauren will be here coaching for some camp, and Arin in her spare time! Lauren's dad was a pro-footballer in England and she herself is quite the expert. Arin can only get out of being a surgeon if he is a famous sports star, I have conceeded.)

After a bit of that, Arin helped Momo remove some huge plants from her garden, and proceeded to get more dirty than he had ever gotten before. Ever. Imagine rivulets of dirt running down his precious little cheeks. I'm not exaggerating. So after Mommy got in some relaxing sunbathing on the hammock while all that dirt was being flung about, it was BATH TIME for sure. Then, we had our scary adventure when I found a TICK crawling through Arin's hair. Super uck... but it hadn't stuck itself in yet, and all was well (not for the tick, though).

Then it was baking time, and we made some yummy apple tarts, from Pioneer Woman's recipe (post to come). After dinner, Momo had promised Arin a ride in the car, so off we went in search of an exciting playground that I could take Arin to during the day (that wasn't part of a school, like the ones in town are). We went to the one on Spit Brook in Nashua... right down the street from our old apartment, and it's fantastic!

Bobo had SO much fun running around this playground... it had enough stuff that little tots can do. It's not super big, not as big as the Big Back Yard, but it's a good size, and has ball fields there now too. It used to be the spot with the HUGE sledding hill, that they dug out so now its a 'gentle' sledding hill... and covered up the little pond that was there but put in an ice rink that is in the warmer months apparently a place for little kids to rollerskate or ride bikes. Anyway, Arin loved the slides, he loved seeing "babies" and unfortunately he loved throwing around the wood chips. It's defininately a place for us to go during the week though.

On the way home we drove into the country to visit the Wal-Marts and buy a thousand little things that I have been meaning to get for ages. I love that I can stock up on so many things at one store, and NO other place around here carries Max Factor, which is lame. (2000 Calorie Mascara is a beauty must, if you love gorgeous lashes.) Arin got books and a bib and other fun stuff, not to mention a pack of yogurt drops that he devoured before we were out the door.

Not a super exciting day for most people, but for us it was. Just thought I'd share a day in the life. I have a bunch of pics, but they're still on my camera so I'll post them later. :)