Monday, May 14, 2012

Playground In The Park!

Grace spent the night and when she woke
up she wanted breakfast.... and then she wanted to
go to the park!
Lawton just completed their
Playground In The Park project, so I thought
it would be a good time to check out the
new playground!
We invited Brilyn to come, too
and both girls loved it!
This is the entrance!
Isn't it wonderful? Just count the slides
from this one angle! There are so many!
 Here is another angle! Just look at all
of the things you can climb and all
of the slides. There are slides for every stage
of development.
Baby Slides, Toddler Slides, Preschool Slides
and Big Kid Slides!
 There are tons of swings, too!
Here are two large sets and there is a third
set of Baby Swings in the distance!
There is another set of tire swings on
the other side, but I didn't get a picture of those!
 Grace had fun checking everything out!
 The swings are normally her favorite playground
activity - but this playground
challenged her to explore other things to
play on!
 She had such a good time!
 And Brilyn thinks she's big enough to
do everything Grace can do!
 Just look at her trying to keep up!
 And here, I think she's wondering why this slide
is so bumpy! It looks like a slide, but really,
it's a climber!
 And once you climg up, it takes you to a slide
that's perfect for babies and toddlers!
 We liked the railing on this playground, too!
So many playgrounds have only two
horizontal rails but this one has several vertical rails
that are just perfect for keeping crawlers and toddlers safe!
 There are also several little things scattered around...
teeter totters... a large canon.... musical play things..
Overall, it's a GREAT PLAYGROUND!
I can't wait to go again!

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day!

I've been celebrating for days!
Alyssa is working today so Billy and Alyssa took me out to dinner on Friday night! And Andrew is working today, so Brandy, Brilyn and Andrew came to see me and wish me a Happy Mother's Day yesterday! The coffee cup above is a gift from Brilyn!
Isn't it cute! It's BIG, too!

And today, I will be having lunch with Heather, Dustin, Grace and Olivia.... and Speedy and Deuce!

I'm blessed!
I love spending time with family!



Saturday, May 12, 2012

A Special Day!

 After Grace had spent some special time here,
her Momma wanted to spend some special time with her,
so I got to spend some special time
with OLIVIA!
 We played with the water table!
Olivia splashed and laughed and then
splashed and laughed some more.
This girl has an amazing smile and is full of laughter!
 And Grace went with her Momma to get
a manicure..
And a pedicure!
And lunch.... and ice cream!

Aren't those little toes cute?

Friday, May 11, 2012

What Do You Do After Fishing?

 You have a weenie roast!
 Sing songs around a campfire!
And camp!
(and please excuse the awful picture. It was dark. Dark, dark! Any light you see is
from the camera flash)
And when you camp - there is no TV
so you can't watch movies!
So you read!
I think we read the entire Children's Bible
on my e-reader!


Thursday, May 10, 2012

Another Fishing Trip!

 Grace fishing with her "big" fishing pole!
I actually ended up cutting off a big rod to make
her a kid sided rod because the reels built into the
princess and Dora poles are worthless!
 Now, she's using a dependable Zebco 33!
 Uncle Deuce shows her how to cast!
And helps her reel in her fish and takes them off the hook!
She thinks this is a BIG ONE!
A real monster of a fish!
She petted it, but did not want to hold it.
So - Uncle Deuce tossed it back into the pond and
we watched it swim away!

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Grace Goes Fishing!

One evening when Grace was spending the
night she wanted to go fishing.
So, we went!
It was overcast and it sprinkled on us
while we were at the pond - but we did
catch one little fish.
Grace only likes the little fish.
She says the big ones snap at her! The little ones
are nice.
And the little orange gun belongs to a neighbor kid.
Some of the neighborhood kids joined
us at the pond and tried fishing, too!
Most have never fished before - so Grace did her best
to show them how!

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Water Fun!

 I was planning to watch Grace and Olivia one day so I
bought a new toy to help entertain them!
 A Water Table!
 I think Grace would have been just as happy with the hose!
She was more interested in the water than she was the water toys!
 When I told her not to pour it on Olivia, she decided to
pour it on herself!
Olivia liked the toys!
I think she checked them all out and played with
each one of them! She could even crank the little ferris wheel!