On the day after Christmas, we went to Slate Run Metro Park. It was cold, but sunny, and it was good to get some fresh air and let Alice get some energy out. I knew Simon would want to walk, and it would be a nightmare keeping him from diving into the frigid water, so I just walked loops around the peninsula with him bundled up in the stroller while we were near the pond. He let me know that he was dissatisfied with this arrangement by whimpering the whole time.
Once we went back up to the playground area, I liberated Simon, thinking he'd want to climb on the playground and swing. But no, the boy just wanted to walk.
And walk and walk and walk. We walked all over this big field.
Then he finally walked himself up to this spot and plopped down and poked around in the dirt with a stick for a while.
And then, and only then, was the child interested in swinging and playing on the playground.
Back at Cam's, after lunch and a nap, Alice was initiated into the fine art of decorating gingerbread men. She didn't have much interest in eating them, but she sure enjoyed putting the little blue buttons on their bellies.
The kids also had a lot of fun playing on the stairs. (Blame Zac for the verticle video).
