We started at the carousel, per tradition, and Simon was very happy to ride on a reindeer.
One objective for the day was to try and get a good family photo. It's always hard, and usually a complete failure, but today we somewhat succeeded.
We had our snack on a shady picnic table overlooking the pond. It's moments like these where life seems to be becoming palpably easier. Simon can sit on a bench and eat a normal snack now. I still have to watch him carefully, as he almost fell off once, but this is a vast improvement over nursing in public or trying to feed him purees while he wiggled and squirmed and got goop everywhere.
From our picnic spot, we could also see the train go round. Simon especially was so excited to see it every time.
Alice enjoyed some rock climbing.
And some tree climbing.
Simon has a knack for finding tiny spiders and ants.
To avoid walking around the pond behind a large group, we went off to the side for a bit. Since there is a steep drop down to a creek, Zac stood gaurd. I asked if he was the catcher, and he replied, "Yes. I'm the catcher in the liriope."
Alice went "fishing" with her big stick.
Although we had a great time, Alice declared her disappointment at not getting to play on the tire swing, ride the train or go in the paddle boats. We'll have to go to the park when it's less crowded next time so we can do those things without having to wait in line forever. But try explaining that to Alice.
